I know I said I'd get a job in Brisbane....

...but I missed the beach too much!

So I left Brisbane to continue my travels up the coast. Drove to a place called Caboolture and took the loop road through the Glass House Mountains national park. The drive through the forest was cool but the mountains themselves were amazing. I climbed the Mt. Beerburrum lookout, which was really steep but gave a great view of all the mountains. Then I drove to the Glass House Mountains lookout for a 360-degree view of all the mountains in the range. Ended the day in Caloundra and did a bit of surfing!

The next day I drove to Noosa. It is the nicest place I've been to since I left Sydney, the surf is good and the place is beautiful! But my internet time is running out so ill write about it properly later. To summarise, I got some good surf by the rocks and consequently cut my foot so I can't surf for three days (boo!), I achieved my ambition of catching some fish and eating them (yay!) and went on some beautiful walks through the rainforest (yay!).

Gonna head to the Fraser Island area soon, should be good!

Here is an aboriginal story the guide from Fraser Island told me about the Glass House Mountains. I actually nicked it from Wikipedia, hence the extra interesting bit on the end.

The mountains are the subjects of several Aboriginal tales and Coonowrin is said to be the son of Tibrogargan and Beerwah. During a violent storm, Tibrogargan commanded his son Coonowrin to take his mother Beerwah and his siblings and help them move to safety. Being scared of the storm, Coonowrin instead ran off and when his father found him he hit him on the back of the head, resulting in Coonowrin's crooked neck. Tibrogargan was so ashamed of his son's cowardice that to this day he sits with his back to Coonowrin.

It used to be possible to climb Coonowrin, but this is now forbidden for safety reasons. During a geological survey of the mountain some years ago, substantial cracks were found near the peak (behind Coonowrin's "face") and it is thought that at any time half of the mountain could suddenly break away from the remainder.

Mt. Beerwah



Mt. Coonowrin



Mt. Tibrogargan



Mt. Coonowrin again!