Cooloola great walk and wilderness trail - 6 days.

[mark electric]

Hello new here, first post and first major walk for a long while. Here are some images I share with the hiking world out there, I go to Fraser Island in the near future for a 6 day hike. Thanks from Mark.

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My home made menu

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Carlo sandblow

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Lake Poona

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Litoria walkers camp

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Flood plain on the way to Noosa river - Cooloola sand patch.

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Camp 4 Noosa river, crossed river down from Camp 1 to link up with wilderness trail.

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On the way to Wandi, cooloola sand patch in the far distance.

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Wandi waterhole

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Last edited by mark electric on Fri 28 Oct, 2016 5:24 am, edited 1 time in total.

[Champion_Munch]

Thanks for sharing Mark. What did you think of the walk? I hadn't thought of doing it your way - combining the wilderness and great walks to avoid such a long car shuffle.

[mark electric]

Yes Champion, that was my intent (easy drop off & pick up)
I have noted exactly where to cross the river if I do it again.
I guess around 500m south of Camp one, look across and you will see some logs set up as a bit of a landing, that is the wilderness trail.

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[mark electric]

Champion what is the walk like south of Dutgee? Did I miss much?

[Champion_Munch]

I'm afraid I can't say, as I haven't done either of the walks. One day...

[Damo2010]

I know this is a little old, but I thought I'd answer the question about south of Dutgee.

In my opinion, Dutgee to Brahminy is the highlight of this walk. On the western edge of the blow, you'll see as far south as glass house and all the way round to NNW. From the crest you can see the ocean. If you get up top just after significant rain, the sand will still be moist in patches which makes it a different colour. Near the bottom, you'll see two different coloured sand patches side by side. Get up there early morning before the wind starts and you'll see a striking number of wildlife trails and prints. There is also an informal track to the beach.

You will note that the GW come close to the coast just north of Brahminy, this is where you have some of the best views, one spot you see south to Noosa NP and north to Double Island Point.

If you spend time on the sand blow and do the beach track, you'll need to watch you water supply as there is no creeks and water hole on this leg till Brahminy with the usual tank.

I did it north to south and caught a greyhound bus to Rainbow Beach, which takes out the whole car shuffle thing.

I'll be doing Noosa River by Kayak in a weeks time and will do the walk up to the sand blow as a afternoon / night walk


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[mark electric]

Thanks Damo, I have a kayak and would like to do the same, great info there, cheers.