On the way back from Hervey Bay we cruised down a bit of the coast and ended up in Noosa Heads - something between a sleepy, AU seaside town and an upscale, full-euro 5 star resort/shopping town. Plus a beautiful little National Park. The guide mentions that "wealthy style cats and the well heeled ..have to simply share the beach with thongs and bronzed bikini bodies baring their bits.." (don't worry - Nancy held her hand over my eyes when we got to that bit. No pictures...)
The National Park is a gem some wise soul saved from development. Like much of AU history it has its sad side as the indigenous population (the Gubbi Gubbi tribe) were driven out by european timbermen in the 1800's The Name "Noosa" is thought to be a corruption of the aboriginal "noothera" meaning shade. But the logging was halted in the 1879 (as much of the natural resource extraction was shifted to gold in Gympie). It became a park in 1930.
The small trail system takes you along some boardwalks next to the ocean, and eventually out to spectacular views of "Witches Cauldron", "The Devils Kitchen" and "Hells Gate". There are fabulous rock outcrops (all volcanics), blowholes
and sea cliffs with little pocket beaches in between. This place would be amazing in big surf! But it is also sports a world class surf break and the Noosa Longboard contest as well as the *10 day* Noosa 'Long Weekend of food, film, theatre, dance etc (now THAT is a long weekend!).
There was a koala snoozing in practically the first tree we passed, the electric blue Fairy Wren in the grass next to the trail and blue-tounged lizards about.
The rest is just pretty pics. Enjoy.
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