Category: Travel
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Friday Thoughts #19
We are home! After leaving K’Gari, we headed down to the Gold Coast for the Gold Coast Marathon Festival. We picked up daughter #2 from Brisbane Airport on the way. I want to share some of what we did in Noosa and more from K’Gari as well as a Gold Coast HM recap, but for…
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K’Gari: 4WD Beauty Spots Day Tour
K’Gari (Fraser Island) is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is the largest sand island in the world. The World Heritage property covers 181,851 hectares and includes all of K’gari and several small islands off the island’s west coast. It is the world’s largest sand island, offering an outstanding example of ongoing biological, hydrological and…
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Melbourne to Noosa Roadtrip: Yamba, Byron Bay
Our third night out of Sydney was spent in Yamba. We arrived mid-afternoon, and after settling into the motel, we went for a walk along the river to the beach and picked up our friend on our way past the caravan park towards the beach. The following day we left for the Gold Coast via…
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Melbourne to Noosa Roadtrip: Dorrigo National Park
While driving between Nambucca Heads and Yamba, we stopped at Dorrigo National Park. This is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Area. From the National Park Website: The rainforests in Dorrigo National Park are part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area, the most extensive strip of diverse rainforest anywhere on earth. The…
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Friday Thoughts #17
We went hiking in the Glasshouse Mountains last weekend. We started with a steep but concreted walk up to a lookout. I forget what this one was called, but the view was pretty good. Next we headed to Mount Tibrogargan. We started on the circuit walk, then decided to give the peak trail a go.…
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Melbourne to Noosa Roadtrip: Tidal Bay Gaol and Nambucca Heads
We left Port Stephens on Monday morning, heading towards Nambucca Heads with a stop at Tidal Bay Gaol. Our accommodation at Nambucca Heads was The Beach Rooms, a 60’s refurbished motel overlooking the river. The rooms are all refurbished in a coastal style. There is also an excellent open-air lounge/kitchen area near the pool which…
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Friday Thoughts #16
Noosa has been incredible so far. The weather has been stunning, although a change is coming this weekend. Last year while we were here, I didn’t swim in the ocean once. After the success of my goal to swim five times over summer, I’ve decided to do the same thing while I’m up here. I’ve…
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Melbourne to Noosa Roadtrip: Port Stephens
Sunday morning, we left Sydney and drove to Bannisters Port Stephens. The hotel overlooks Port Stephens and is an old, remodelled hotel. ACTIVITIES We had a few activities planned here and got busy before we checked into our accommodation for the night. We had planned to do the Tomaree Head Summit Walk, which reportedly has…
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Melbourne to Noosa Roadtrip: Sydney
The first stop on our Noosa road trip was Sydney. We arrived on Friday at about 4:30 pm and left on Sunday at about 9:30 am. We’d been to Sydney for a week in 2021 with all the kids, so we had done some major sights, including kayaking on the Sydney Harbour from Manly, The…
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Friday Thoughts #14
Today’s post is coming to you from … Sydney! We left home at 6 am this morning and 889 km later, arrived at our accommodation at 4:30 pm. We had a couple of very short stops to pick up petrol, use the restrooms and change drivers, with a slightly longer stop for lunch in Gundagai…