Crystal clear beaches and beautiful clean sand make Moreton a lovely paradise a short trip from Brisbane CBD. There is plenty of 4 wheel driving into countless pockets of paradise around this place, which we did not induldge in this trip. We visited Tangalooma, which is the main resort on the island. A short walk north of the resort is a wreck close to shore. The water is crystal clear and incredibly calm. fish and large starfish are easily spotted in the shallows as you swim.
A short 4 wheel drive trip from the resort is an incredible sandune over 300 metres tall. You can head out there on a quick tour, grab a board and slide on down, not a bad way to mix it up after some beautiful ocean time. A heads up from captain hindsight for anyone planning on sandboarding any time soon: Try to wear boardies with no pockets and try to get time for a swim afterwards. I did not and had sand falling from everywhere for hours!

That night we stayed right down the spit of Mooloolaba at a council run caravan park. Our fingers were crossed the next day wouldn't be so drizzly, but we took advantage of the location to head over to Hogs Breath for dinner. Awesome decision as Mooloolaba Hogs Breath still do the best steaks!

The morning weather brought a light rain, which was nice for a light hike and we ended up going into the Glasshouse Mountains. They were named the Glasshouse Mountains by good ol' Captain Cook as they reminded him of the glass furnaces of Yorkshire. The Gubbi Gubbi people of the area see these mountains as a collection of faces of a family, the largest being the pregnant mother and the next 2 largest being the father and eldest son.

As we got back to the foot of the mountain the rain had picked up quite a bit. We decided to drive further west to another lookout, the weather stopped us from seeing too much and the sideways rain returned!

So our first trip to the Sunny Coast this year was far from sunny, the beaches may have been far from perfect but the rainforest was awesome!
- Cameron