Australia: Noosa Heads

With AU$0.50 bus fares, we couldn't resist checking out Noosa National Park, almost 100 miles from Brisbane by train and bus. The closest "low price" we have seen before would be French departmental buses that cost 1 or 2 euros. Regardless of the fare, I couldn't believe there would be a 50 km bus route through suburbia, even going by a number of golf courses.



Noosa Heads itself was another surprise. Being the 1st Saturday of the two week Easter school holiday, there were hundreds, if not thousands, of people surfing. On our walk in the headlands, we must have seen more people with surfboards than without.



We had a very enjoyable walk with a little rain in the afternoon. This hike we brought umbrellas. It started to pour as we got on the bus - good timing, a rare luck.



On the train in the rain from Brisbane to Nambour we passed by the striking peaks of Glass House Mountains National Park, and then in Nambour we changed to the bus to Noosa.


Noosa Heads Main Beach.




We continued to walk around the headland, passing Tea Tray Bay (below).


The views to Granite Bay from opposing headlands.




Hell's Gates. No surfers here!


The coastal trail ends at Alexandria Bay Beach (below)


We took the Tanglewood trail back to town, passing more than a few Grass Trees.


Back at Noosa Head Beach, the surfers were ignoring the rain and looking splendid in patches of late afternoon sun.