Cooloola Great Walk - Brahminy Walkers' Camp to Great Sandy Information Centre (Tewantin)

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Day 5 Statistics

Distance: 21.15km

Total time (including breaks): 6 hours 45 minutes

Total Ascent: 179.2m

Total Descent: 258.7m

 

15 July 2022

This morning the early morning light over Lake Cootharaba was lovely.

The walk south to the ferry begins as an undulating walk through low coastal heath.  At one point we surprised a wallaby, who bounded away quite quickly and then stopped to peer back at us.

We chose to take the detour to the top of Mt Seawah for the views out over the coastline and Lake Cootharaba.

The walk then continued through some low-lying swampy land before the path comes out onto the beach at Noosa North Shore.

After leaving the beach we continued into Arthur Harold Nature Refuge where the path has filled with tannin-stained water creating some vivid reflections.  In parts there were major washouts of the path creating sudden large holes partially obscured by tree roots.

At the end of the official great walk, it was a walk along beside the bitumen road back to the ferry. From the ferry terminal at Tewantin, it was a quick walk back to the car where we had parked it at the Great Sandy Information Centre.  I went in and let the staff know we were back; they asked a few brief questions about our walk and then we were on our way home for a well-deserved hot shower.

A wonderful adventure!