Sunshine Coast Coastal Pathway - Mudjimba Beach to Kawana (Day 2 of 3)

Today's carpark was at the Kawana Surf  Club. 

https://www.kawanasurfclub.com.au/

We walked to Kawana Bus Station and caught buses to get to Mudjimba, where we had concluded yesterday's walk.

https://www.visitsunshinecoast.com/attraction/58084090d4ad38722cd1e7c6/mudjimba-beach

From Mudjimba we walked south along the beach to  Maroochy River Conservation  and through the park to Twin Waters.  From there we headed along beside the Sunshine Motor Way to Maroochy River.

https://adventure.sunshinecoast.qld.gov.au/Home/TrailDetailsView?trailId=62150

After crossing the river we followed the river to Cotton Tree and then around to Maroochy Surf Club where we stopped for a picnic lunch.

https://www.maroochysurfclub.com.au/

From Maroochy Surf Club, we continued south along the beach again.  From here Point Cartwright looked so close!  Up and over Alexandra Headland to Mooloolaba Spit.

https://www.queensland.com/gb/en/places-to-see/destination-information/p-56b25d9a2880253d74c4504b-alexandra-headland

https://www.visitsunshinecoast.com/place/mooloolaba

The path then detours inland to cross the Mooloolah River and along Nicklin Way to Point Cartwright Drive before reaching La Balsa Park.  This allowed us to follow the Mooloolah River to Point Cartwright and then around onto the beach at Buddina.

https://www.queensland.com/us/en/things-to-do/attractions/p-56b26116aeeeaaf773cf42ba-point-cartwright

https://www.queensland.com/au/en/places-to-see/destination-information/p-56b2610d2880253d74c498ab-buddina

This section of beach is much more exposed than any of the previous almost two days walk, with much rougher beaches.  We did not take a lot of photos on this section as there was a rescue and continuing search going on in the ocean until the light failed.  One person was rescued but the chopper, IRB and jet skis continued to search until it was too dark to see. Please swim between the flags, the Sunshine Coast has had so many rescues this summer.

Totals 32.1km 7h18m

Sunshine Coast Coastal Pathway - Noosa Heads to Mudjumba Beach (Day 1 of 3)

This morning we drove to Mudjimba Beach, parked the car and caught the bus to Noosa Heads.

https://www.queensland.com/sg/en/places-to-see/destination-information/p-56b25d9e2880253d74c450a0-noosa-heads 

From the Noosa Heads Surf Life Saving Club we walked along the boardwalk to Noosa National Park. We took the Coastal Walk, which again was unfortunately detouring away from Hells Gates.  We continued on to Alexandria Bay and then down the many steps to the northern end of Sunshine Beach.  

https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/noosa/journeys/coastal-walk

From here we were able to walk along the beach all the way to Coolum Beach.  There were a number of small creeks flowing out into the ocean, but all were crossable, including Stumer's Creek.  We stopped for lunch at Tickle Park in overlooking Coolum Beach. 

https://www.queensland.com/us/en/places-to-see/destination-information/p-56b25e30aeeeaaf773cf066b-coolum-beach

https://www.tourismsunshinecoast.com.au/coolum/tickle-park-coolum/

From here we continued south on the Sunshine Coast Coastal Pathway up and over the headlands at Point Arkwright and down onto Yaroomba Beach.  

https://web-a-e-prod-marketing.azurewebsites.net/SunshineCoastCoastalPathwayGuide/SunshineCoastCoastalPathwayGuide.html#p=1

https://www.yaroombabeach.com.au/

We then continued south along the beachfront to Mudjimba.  

https://www.visitsunshinecoast.com/attraction/58084090d4ad38722cd1e7c6/mudjimba-beach

Totals 32.84km 7h47m plus lunch break

Noosa National Park - Headland Section

Another Sunshine Coast local hike today. We parked in Noosa Heads and walked to the National Park as there is rarely any car parks free in or near Noosa National Park entrance. 

https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/noosa

We began with the Tanglewood Walk. This normally allows you to link up to Hell's Gates but unfortunately this area was closed for work.

https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/noosa/journeys/tanglewood-walk

The Coastal Walk took use back along the coastline towards the Noosa entrance to the National Park. It was impressive to see the amount of fresh water pouring out of the hillside from the recent heavy rain. The erosion around the roots of the trees was amazing, literally the only thing holding the hillside together was the fine network of roots.

https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/noosa/journeys/coastal-walk

Last up was the Noosa Hill walk.  This states there are limited views, and this is certainly true but there are some views on the way up and it is a nice walk through the bush.

https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/noosa/journeys/noosa-hill-walk

Noosa National Park was full of people, all the tracks we used and the walk to and from parking in Noosa Heads were very popular with plenty of people out and about enjoying a reprieve from the rain.