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Australia Days 10 and 11: And ... Scene!

5 July 2025 • 152 km / 94 mi (map)

  • Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 6 July 2025
  • Australia 10

We’ve spent the last couple days of our time in Australia at a lovely resort in Noosa Heads. Most of yesterday was spent on some leisurely hikes around Noosa National Park and today we drove back to Brisbane.

An elevated view looking down on rugged, layered grey rocks jutting into clear turquoise and green ocean water, with white foam swirling around the rock formations and a strip of green coastal vegetation in the lower foreground.
Boiling Pot Lookout, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia
Tea Tree Bay Beach, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia
Pandanus trees with spiky tufts of foliage grow among large granite boulders along a rocky coastline at Granite Bay, with turquoise waves breaking on the shore beneath a clear deep-blue sky.
Granite Bay, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia
The smooth, peeling pale trunks of a paperbark or eucalyptus tree branching near its base, surrounded by dense green ferns, grasses, and bushland along a coastal walking track on a sunny afternoon.
Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia
Pandanus trees with distinctive aerial prop roots growing on a grassy coastal slope, with a rocky shoreline and ocean waves visible in the background, lit by warm late-afternoon light.
Coastal Walk, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia
A coastal view from a rocky headland at golden hour, with the low sun glowing orange above distant hills and a calm bay. A silhouetted tree trunk stands in the foreground on the right, with a gnarled tree branch arching across the top of the frame, and a small boat sits anchored in the water at left.
Boiling Pot Lookout, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia
A coastal headland view at sunset over a calm bay, with the sun low on the horizon casting a golden reflection across the water onto rocky shoreline below. Twisted coastal trees and shrubs frame the scene in the foreground, with distant hills and mountains visible across the water.
Boiling Pot Lookout, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia
A glowing orange sun sits low over distant hazy hills, casting a shimmering golden trail across calm water at dusk, with the silhouette of a leafy shrub in the foreground.
Boiling Pot Lookout, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia
A calm coastal bay at dusk seen from Boiling Pot Lookout, with a silhouetted shrub in the foreground and a low, distant shoreline and mountain peaks beneath a glowing orange-to-blue gradient sky.
Boiling Pot Lookout, Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia
A small wave breaking against a dark rocky shoreline in the foreground, with calm rippling water stretching out to a distant low headland silhouetted against a glowing orange-to-pale-blue twilight sky after sunset.
Noosa National Park, Noosa Heads, Queensland, Australia

We took a leisurely drive along the coast and arrived at our hotel at the Brisbane Airport just in time to see sunset over the airfield with a hint of a view of the central city:

An airport control tower with red aviation lights rising above low buildings at dusk, with the lights of Brisbane city and distant hills glowing on the horizon under a partly cloudy sky tinged orange near the skyline.
Brisbane Airport, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

This will probably be the last post for this trip. Tomorrow (Sunday) we take the long flight home. With the rebooking, we have comfortable seats, but not window seats.

Thank you to Australia for being a lovely host for this adventure and thank you to my daughter for being a lovely travel companion.

Looking forward to sharing the next adventure soon!

Noosa Heads to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · 152 km / 94 mi
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