The Sunshine Coast, Queensland (2023)

Big waves on the horizon at sunrise in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia.

I can never get enough of looking at waves. Perfect waves like this one were plenty on the beach in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia.

View from the Obi Obi Gorge lookout while hiking in Kondalilla National Park, Queensland, Australia. Impressive rainforest as far as the eye can see.

Arrived at the rock pools in Kondalilla National Park, Queensland, Australia. Beautiful part of the park but a lenghty hike downwards to get there.

Slowly but surely getting there while climbing the Ngungun mountain in the Glass House Mountains, Queensland, Australia. Pretty but steep climb on a rocky path.

Almost reached the top of the Ngungun mountain in the Glass House Mountains, Queensland, Australia. A pretty steep climb and manoevring these rocks to go even further to the top.

On our way to find a good spot to witness the sunrise in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia. Behind the silhouettes of the palm tree the sky is starting to glow a nicely orange.

Waiting for the sunrise in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia. The golden glow of the early morning waves on the beach look amazing.

Early morning in Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia and watching the playful waves in the early sunlight.

We went for a picnic lunch at the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve in Maleny, Queensland, Australia. Great view when looking at the Glass House mountains in the distance.

While waiting for our serenity cruise through the Everglades we enjoyed the many animals and birds at Habitat Noosa in Cooloola, Queensland, Australia. Here we admired a pretty lazy kangaroo getting up after a long sleep.

The oil coming from the paperbark trees next to the Noosa River provides a tiny film layer causing spectacular reflections. Noosa river art so to speak on the Upper Noosa River in Queensland, Australia.

Back towards Lake Cootharaba after a gorgeous serenity cruise on the Noosa River in the Cooloola Resources Reserve, Queensland, Australia. This everglades system is one of the only two in the world and it is a truly awesome experience.

We never did an actual drive on the beach so we were pretty excited for this Great Beah drive along the Pacific Ocean starting on the Noosa North Shore in Queensland, Australia. The 4WD drove mainly on the wet sand next to the waves.

While driving on Cooloola Beach, Queensland, Australia we had to cross some streams coming from the dune system. Always provides for a pretty picture.

I can never get enough of looking at waves, especially not if they are this beautiful. The Pacific Ocean along Cooloola Beach, Queensland, Australia produces huge waves that keep coming.

On our Great Beach drive we saw so many different kinds of birds. Here we see oystercatchers following the leader on Cooloola Beach, Queensland, Australia.

This was the amazing view we had from Double Island Point lighthouse at Double Island Point, Queensland, Australia. Our Great Beach drive took us all the way from the end there to this lighthouse by 4WD.

Walking around the lighthouse on Double Island Point, Queensland, Australia. The Pacific Ocean is all around and the light was truly amazing.

The view on Double Island Point, Queensland, Australia is truly amazing. The Pacific Ocean is all around you and it can all be admired from this confortable bench near the beach.

Double Island Point in Queensland, Australia sticks out so far into the ocean that it is possible to view the incoming waves from behind. A totally different perspective than the usual ocean wave view.

The next stop on our Great Beach drive was Honeymoon Bay in Cooloola, Queensland, Australia. An awesome area with a shoal complex where we spent quite some time strolling around hopping from sandbank to sandbank.

Hopping onto the next sandbank in Honeymoon Bay near Cooloola, Queensland, Australia. It's really easy to stroll around on the sandbanks. The water was really nice and the sand was soft.

Arrived at Rainbow Beach in Cooloola, Queensland, Australia. Unfortunately it was not possible anymore to drive along the beach as the latest storm took away all of the sand. Apparently the situation here changes rapidly by a combination of wind and ocean forces. All the trees seen here were under two metres of sand a few months ago.

Admiring a huge wall of sand on Rainbow Beach in Cooloola, Queensland, Australia. It's really hard to imagine this wall is entirely made of sand as it looks like some kind of limestone.

Admiring the coloured sand art on Rainbow Beach in Cooloola, Queensland, Australia. Standing in front of it like this it looks like a solid rock wall, but it is actually completely made out of sand.

Driving back on the Great Beach drive and another awesome view of the Pacific Ocean. Here scaring away some birds on Cooloola Beach, Queensland, Australia.

A quick stop near Stumers Creek at the dog offleash area in Coolum Beach, Queensland, Australia. Here dogs can roam around freely on the beach.