These are not your average Botanical Gardens. Aside from the Sculpture Garden, there are no manicured lawns and exotic flowering plants. Instead, what you have is bushland – a place to breathe, and wander, and relax, and remember what it’s like to… Read More
One Tree Hill, Maleny
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Posted on June 11, 2018 by Jo
This is arguably Maleny’s most photographed paddock – it’s also probably it’s most generous. One Tree Hill, with its iconic single tree and magic views over the Glasshouse Mountains, is a favourite with wedding photographers. Before you go tearing up there though, this… Read More
20 things to do on the Sunshine Coast this Spring
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Posted on September 21, 2017 by Jo
The birds and the sun are waking earlier and the days are getting longer. In a couple of weeks the rest of Australia will be winding their clocks forward for the start of daylight saving and those of us here in Queensland… Read More
Caloundra Street Fair
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Posted on September 17, 2017 by Jo
If you’re into street markets, this is a good one. Apparently it’s been voted best street market on the coast. I’m not sure about that, but it is certainly the largest. As an aside, I’m not counting Eumundi as a street market… Read More
Marcoola Night Markets
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Posted on September 15, 2017 by Jo
Ok, right at the outset I’m going to apologise for the photos in this post. We’re still a little too used to eating a tad later than is fashionable on the coast and as a result, it was pitch dark when we arrived…. Read More
Come fly with me…
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Posted on August 27, 2017 by Jo
It’s noisy up here, but through our helmets we can hear the chatter of firstly the Caloundra Air Controller and later the Sunshine Coast Control. The plane rises and falls gently as the wind catches her and moves her – and us… Read More
Maroochy Bushland Botanic Gardens
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Posted on August 5, 2017 by Jo
These are not your average Botanical Gardens. Aside from the Sculpture Garden, there are no manicured lawns and exotic flowering plants. Instead, what you have is bushland – a place to breathe, and wander, and relax, and remember what it’s like to… Read More
Buderim Forest Park and Serenity Falls
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Posted on July 28, 2017 by Jo
I’ve been bookmarking pictures of Buderim Falls (or “Serenity Falls”) since before we moved to the Coast. The pictures on instagram showed a lush rainforest with a relatively short (hello, I’ve seen the size of those falls in New Zealand…just saying)… Read More
Whale-watching with Whale One at Mooloolaba
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Posted on July 19, 2017 by Jo
There’s a flat part to the water – completely glass-like. It looks almost like an oil slick, but it isn’t. It’s a “footprint” left behind when a whale dives – as the up-thrust of it’s tail drives water to the surface…. Read More
Coastal Pathway: Point Cartwright – Kawana
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Posted on July 12, 2017 by Jo
Followers of my instagram page know that I like me a good sunrise, but there’s something about seeing a sunrise from a lighthouse that feels like you’re really making an effort to see the sunrise, if you know what I mean. It’s… Read More
Glasshouse Mountains – the Lookout
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Posted on June 18, 2017 by Jo
Apparently Captain Cook, on his trip up the coast way back when, thought these mountains looked like the glass furnaces from back home in Yorkshire. Aye. Now, I’ve never seen one of these glass furnaces for myself – although I have been… Read More
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