Our backpacking trip: January 2017

Monday, 30 January 2017

Enero 30 / January 30

Ayer por la tarde llegamos a la Playa Rainbow despues de manejar varios kilometros por una carretera destapada bastante mala. Estuvimos planeando que vamos a hacer los proximos días.

En la mañana estuvimos en la quebrada Seary, una quebrada de agua cristalina muy cerca a la Playa Rainbow. Antes de meternos a nadar en ella, yo tire unas migas de pan al agua para ver los peces de colores que aparentemente viven en esta agua cristalina… pero que sorpresa cuando una anguila de mas o menos 1 metro de largo salio a comer las migas que yo habia tirado, tambien aparecio un barbudo de un tamaño considerable y ninguno de los dos se veia muy amigable. Con esta compañia decidimos no meternos al agua en este lugar. Nos fuimos para otra parte de la quebrada y no vimos animales raros viendo por ahi y ya que no teniamos mas migas de pan decidimos meternos al agua. Despues de refrescarnos nos salimos del agua y de repente aparece una anguila pequeña y una culebra tambien pequeña en la orilla de la quebrada… asi quedo nuestra refrescante experiencia en la quebrada Seary.

En la tarde reservamos un tour 4X4 en la Isla Fraser por un par de dias saliendo mañana por la mañana. Es un tour de 3 dias y 2 noches en Toyota Land Cruiser 4X4… esperemos pasar bueno! Estuvimos en una induccion de 45 minutos a cerca del tour y nos repartieron en 4 grupos de 8 personas cada uno.

Estuvimos viendo el atardecer en la duna de arena Carlo.

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We arrived in Rainbow Beach yesterday afternoon after driving several kilometers on a very bad gravel road. We are sending the day planning our next days.

In the morning we went to Seary Creek, a cristal clear water creek close to Rainbow Beach. Before going into the beach I had the great idea to throw a few crumbs into the water to see the beautiful fish that live in these clear water… well, what a surprise when a 1 meter long eel came out of its hiding place to snack on the crumbs, there was also a good size cat fish and neither looked very friendly. With these two residents we decided not to go into the water in this spot. We moved to another spot and we could not see anything living there and since we had already ran out of crumbs we decided to go in the water. After enjoying the refreshing water we came out just to see a small eel in the water and a snake along the side of the creek… this was the end of our refreshing creek experience.

In the afternoon we booked a tag-along 4X4 tour to go to Fraser Island tomorrow morning for the next few days. It is a 3 days and 2 nights tour on 4X4 Land Cruiser cars… we hope it is going to be fun! We attended a 45 minute briefing about the trip and were put on 4 groups of 8 people each.

Later in the afternoon we went to see the sunset at Carlo Sand Blow.

Quebrada Seary, Playa Rainbow, Queensland, Australia

Seary Creek, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia

Quebrada Seary, Playa Rainbow, Queensland, Australia

Seary Creek, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia

Quebrada Seary, Playa Rainbow, Queensland, Australia

Seary Creek, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia

Quebrada Seary, Playa Rainbow, Queensland, Australia

Seary Creek, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia

Duna de Arena Carlo, Playa Rainbow, Queensland, Australia

Carlo Sand Blow, Rainbow Beach, Queensland, Australia

Sunday, 29 January 2017

Enero 27 - 29 / January 27 - 29

Salimos del camping hacia Noosa. Paramos en la Playa Mooloolaba e hicimos una corta caminada.

Llegamos a Noosa en la tarde y nos fuimos para el centro de informacion a ver que actividades hay para hacer en el area.

Fuimos a hacer una caminada por la playa y luego estuvimos haciendo un paseo en barco par aver el atardecer por el rio Noosa hasta el lago Cooroibah y regresamos a la marina. El atardecer no estuvo para nada bueno porque las nubes no dejaron ver nada.

En la mañana del 28 de Enero fuimos a hacer una caminada por la costa del Parque Nacional Noosa hasta la Playa Alexandria (el guardabosques nos advirtio que era una playa nudista). La caminada fue facil y los paisajes muy bonitos. Vimos tortugas, rayas y aguamalas. Llegamos a la Playa Alexandria y claro que vimos uno que otro nudista escondiendose bajo los arboles.

En la tarde estuvimos en la Playa Noosa e hicimos lo que hacen todos aca… body surfing! Habiamos comprado una tabla hace algunos dias pero no habiamos tenido la oportunidad de estrenarla. Empece a mirar como hacian los niños y basicamente hice lo que ellos hacian y me le tiraba a la ola cuando ellos se le tiraban y me funciono. Estuvo bastante divertido. Esperemos que haya otra oportunidad de usarla en estos días.

El 29 de Enero salimos para los Everglades de Noosa. Estuvimos averiguando para hacer un tour en kayak pero vimos que estaba ventiando mucho y el lago estaba bastante picado asi que desistimos de esa idea y mas bien manejamos hasta el Refugio Harrys. La vista es espectacular, ahora entendemos porque le llaman el rio espejo; el agua casi no se mueve, solo un poquito por el viento.

Almorzamos alla y salimos para nuestro proximo destino.

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We left the campground in the morning on our way to Noosa.

We stopped at Mooloolaba Beach and went for a quick walk.

We arrived in Noosa in the early afternoon and went to the information centre to find out what activities are available in the area.

We went for a quick walk on the beach and then went for a sunset cruise along the Noosa River until Lake Cooroibah and back. There was not much of a sunset because the clouds took over the skies.

In the morning of January 28 we went for a walk along the Coastal Track in Noosa National Park to Alexandria Beach (we were warned by the ranger that this is an unofficial nudist beach). The walk is easy and the landscape is beautiful. We got to see turtles, rays and jellyfish. We got to Alexandria Beach and sure enough there was the odd nudist hiding in the bushes.

In the afternoon we went to Noosa Beach to do as the Aussies do… body surfing! We had bought a body surfing board a few days ago but had not had a chance to use it. I started looking at the kids doing it and basically jumped on the waves as soon as they jumped on them and it worked. We had so much fun with it. Cannot wait to use it again.

On January 29 we left for the Noosa Everglades. There are kayak tours that will take people there but it was too windy and the lake was very choppy so we decided to forget about that idea and drive to Harrys Hut. The view is beautiful, we now understand why they call it the mirror river; the water barely moves except for the wind.

We had lunch there and later in the afternoon we left for our next destination.

Playa Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia

Mooloolaba Beach, Queensland, Australia

Rio Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Noosa River, Queensland, Australia

Rio Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Noosa River, Queensland, Australia

Atardecer en el Rio Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Sunset from the Noosa River, Queensland, Australia

Parque Nacional Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Parque Nacional Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Playa Alexandria - Parque Nacional Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Alexandria Beach - Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Playa Alexandria - Parque Nacional Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Alexandria Beach - Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Playa Alexandria - Parque Nacional Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Alexandria Beach - Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Parque Nacional Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Playa Alexandria - Parque Nacional Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Alexandria Beach - Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Parque Nacional Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Parque Nacional Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Rio Noosa - Parque Nacional Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Noosa River - Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Manglar Noosa - Parque Nacional Noosa, Queensland, Australia

Noosa Everglades - Noosa National Park, Queensland, Australia

Thursday, 26 January 2017

Enero 26 / January 26

En la mañana estuvimos en el Parque Nacional Glass House donde visitamos dos miradores. El primero fue el Mirador Glass House y el segundo el Mirador Wild Horse Mountain; los dos nos mostraron las montañas de un punto de vista muy diferente.

En la tarde fuimos a hacer una caminada por el bosque del Parque Mary Caincross. Despues estuvimos en las Cascadas Gardners donde estuvimos viendo gente saltar desde la montaña a las piscinas en las rocas.

Luego nos fuimos otra vez para el Parque Mary Caincross a ver el atardecer.

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In the morning we went to the Glass House National Park, we visited two different lookouts. The first one was the Glass House Lookout and the second one the Wild Horse Mountain Lookout; both gave us a different view of the mountains.

In the afternoon we went for a walk along the rain forest at Mary Caincross Park. Later, we went to Gardners Falls where we saw people jumping from the cliffs into the rock pools.

In the evening we went back to Mary Caincross Park for sunset.

Lagarto en el Mirador The Glass House Mountain, Queensland, Australia

Goanna at The Glass House Mountain Lookout, Queensland, Australia

Mirador The Glass House Mountain, Queensland, Australia

The Glass House Mountain Lookout, Queensland, Australia

Mirador Wild Horse Mountain, Queensland, Australia

Wild Horse Mountain Lookout, Queensland, Australia

Mirador Wild Horse Mountain, Queensland, Australia

Wild Horse Mountain Lookout, Queensland, Australia

Parque Mary Caincross, Queensland, Australia

Mary Caincross Park, Queensland, Australia

Parque Mary Caincross, Queensland, Australia

Mary Caincross Park, Queensland, Australia

Cascadas Gardners, Queensland, Australia

Gardner Falls, Queensland, Australia

Atardecer desde el Parque Mary Caincross, Queensland, Australia

Sunset from Mary Caincross Park, Queensland, Australia

Wednesday, 25 January 2017

Enero 25 / January 25

Estuvimos todo el dia en el Zoologico de Australia, que es de Terri Irwin (la viuda del legendario Steve Irwin, el Cazador de Cocodrilos).

Este lugar es sencillamente fascinante!... Nos gusto mucho la parte Africa, por alguna razon nos cautivo de una manera especial.

Al final del dia visitamos el hospital de animales que tiene el zoologico. Este hospital funciona las 24 horas del dia 365 dias del año. Las instalaciones son impecables y el equipo es de ultima tecnología.

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We spent the day at Australia Zoo, which is owned by Terri Irwin (widow of the legendary Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter).

This place is amazing!... We really loved the Africa section of it, for some reason it has a WOW factor, which will take your breath away.

At the end of the day we visited the animal hospital which is part of the zoo. This hospital runs 24 hours a day 365 days a year. The rooms are impeccable and the equipment is the latest technology.