The Caboolture to Wamuran rail trail is a 10.5 km long shared pathway extending from Beerburrum Road, Caboolture to Atwood Street, Wamuran, and follows the old Caboolture to Kilcoy railway corridor that closed in 1964. On completion the trail will provide a wide shared asphalt and concrete pathway, including landscaping, seating nodes, interpretive signage, public art works, but even now it is a very comfortable and pretty walk. It was quite shaded most of the way, and the trees were lush and green. We passed cultivated areas of cane and pineapples. Wattle was in bloom and its scent hung heavy in the air.
On this glorious Australian Autumn day we walked a new trail - the rail trail between Wamuran and Caboolture. It is so new in fact, that it is still being worked on and the Wamuran end of the trail is not yet open to the public. The kind workmen, however, ushered us through the closed worksite, saying that we could be the first to walk it. The Caboolture to Wamuran rail trail is a 10.5 km long shared pathway extending from Beerburrum Road, Caboolture to Atwood Street, Wamuran, and follows the old Caboolture to Kilcoy railway corridor that closed in 1964. On completion the trail will provide a wide shared asphalt and concrete pathway, including landscaping, seating nodes, interpretive signage, public art works, but even now it is a very comfortable and pretty walk. It was quite shaded most of the way, and the trees were lush and green. We passed cultivated areas of cane and pineapples. Wattle was in bloom and its scent hung heavy in the air. We like hiking rail trails, and this one didn't let us down. We easily covered 17 kilometres on this pleasant track and look forward to coming back when all the work is complete.
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Mt Ninderry is a 304 metre high wave-shaped mountain located between Coolum and Yandina, but the walking track gives you about 130m of elevation gain from the car park. We began here (after morning tea of course) and followed the track to the top for some stunning views of the coast and Hinterland. Our original plan was to go on from here to ascend Mt Coolum, but fortunately someone on this track told us it was closed to hikers until the end of the month. Plan B proved to be an unexpected delight. We went to the nearby Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Garden located in Tanawha.. The garden showcases plants native to the Sunshine Coast region. It includes a mix of eucalypt open forest and creek-side rainforest, featuring lagoons, rocky and palm filled gullies, and the headwaters of Mountain Creek. We had the most fun strolling around the Sculpture Garden which features around 30 works that were created at the International Stone Sculpture Symposium held in 2005. Of course we enjoyed posing with the sculptures too. We did do some hiking amid the clowning around. There are plenty of walking tracks, some with hands on activites, some interesting resting places and plenty of art works. We only had time to do a few of the many walking trails that meander through the area, so we look forward to returning some time soon.
This week we headed to the beautiful Enoggera Reservoir tucked away in the leafy suburb of The Gap. A grassy foreshore slopes gently down to a designated swimming beach and the shady lawn offers a perfect spot for picnicking or lazing by the water. From here we took one of the many tracks to explore further. The weather was kind to us - not too hot, not too cool - with the sunshine lighting up the water and the very green surrounds. After a pleasant couple of hours hiking in this area we then drove over to the Maiala Picnic Grounds off Mt Glorious Road where we hiked the Rainforest Circuit and the Greens Falls track. A mix of natural bush track, boardwalk, and stone/timber steps make this a fairly easy walk, but due to recent rainfall there were some areas where the track was quite muddy and the boardwalk quite slippery. A few of us have been away on different adventures lately, so it was great to have all the Hungry Hikers together again on a brilliant Brisbane autumn morning. We made an early start as today we had plans to feed mind, body and soul.
Some more walking and talking via the riverside, through the Botanic Gardens, and a quick visit to the QUT Cube had us at Old Government House in time for a talk on the importance of letters providing valuable insight into not only the people who wrote them, but also the place and period of time they were written. We particularly enjoyed Dr Katie McConnell's presentation on Lady Lamington's letters to her husband. Lord Lamington was governor of Queensland from 1886 to 1901. Then we were in for another culinary treat on the verandah of O.G.H. where a delicious spread was served after the talk. I thought it was fitting there was a lamington cake included. Despite all our eating and education time, we still managed to clock up 9 kilometres and top up our Vitamin D levels in the glorious sunshine. We concluded the day by registering to receive Old Government House newsletters, for they run some excellent free concerts, talks and exhibitions.
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