{Nov 2019: This area is currently under bush fire threat and the national park is closed at present.} Gibraltar Range and Washpool National Parks are roughly a 6-hour drive from the Sunshine Coast. That's just about as far...
A Guide to Blackdown Tableland National Park
Blackdown Tableland National Park delivers a whole lot more than what I expected. Even though the weather was a bit crummy over the two days we spent here, there's enough unexpected beauty to delight (almost) anybody. At least...
Hiking the 5-Day Abel Tasman Coast Track
Friends had been suggesting for some time we should go to New Zealand. After all, it's right next door, right? We preferred to take off to Canada or Outback Australia but then earlier this year we made a...
17 Short Walks on the Sunshine Coast
We've lived on the Sunshine Coast for over five years now, and I'm still no beach bum. Mountains, or at least forests, is still where my heart lies. In fact, my love of hiking has grown over the...
A Beginner’s Guide to Gluten-free Hiking
When I was first diagnosed with severe gluten-intolerance several years ago, I was overwhelmed by the nutritional changes that lay ahead. I basically had to throw out my whole pantry, and start afresh. Gluten-free food has come a...
Hiking the Coastal Track in Noosa National Park
{Updated: July 2019} Noosa is a super popular holiday destination on the Sunshine Coast, and as we live only 45 minutes away, it's easy enough for us to join the masses in traipsing about Noosa National Park. Of...
A Guide to Mount Moffatt (Carnarvon National Park)
The first time we ventured into the Mount Moffatt section of Carnarvon National Park was in the winter of our first year on the Sunshine Coast. The trip was incredibly rushed, we got rained out and ended up...
Hiking into Carnarvon Gorge (Carnarvon National Park)
{Updated: August 2019} Before moving to Queensland in 2013, I'd never even heard of Carnarvon Gorge. So imagine my surprise when we got here and I encountered lots of interstate, and what's more, international visitors who knew all...
Hiking the Washpool Walk in Washpool National Park
Washpool National Park in northern New South Wales, and adjacent Gibraltar Range National Park, form part of the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia. It's an ancient and diverse part of Australia, full of birds and other wildlife, abundant rainforest...
A Guide to Cania Gorge National Park
{Updated: March 2019} Having two public holidays in one week (one on the Monday, the other on the Friday) seemed like the perfect excuse to us for going on a trip around the Central Queensland Sandstone Belt and hike...