EXPLORATION

Noosa North Shore

View of Noosa Heads from the '1st Cutting'

A soggy family having lunch by the road

Female Red-winged Fairy Wren frolicking in the Lantana

Male Red-winged Fairy Wren flaunting his style

A slightly damp male Fig Bird feasting on Macaranga for b'fast

Saturated Diamond Dove

Last night I camped in the dunes on Noosa North Shore. This is the first time I'd been to the north side of the Noosa River, and I've fallen in love. 

It is an amazing place, very peaceful and pristine. A lot of the original vegetation and wildlife still exists. Saved from development by a dedicated group of conservationists who, about 50 years ago, lobbied strongly to the Government to have the area and surrounds listed as National Park. They succeeded, and today, parts of Noosa North Shore such as the Arthur Harold Nature Refuge, create an amazing biodiversity extension to the Great Sandy National Park*.

Visiting this place is A MUST, only a very short but beautiful car ferry ride across the Noosa River from Tewantin, and you've been repelled back into time. Where society's influences slip away and Mother Earth gently pulls you into her loving embrace, where everything and everyone lives in unity.

*The Great Sandy National Park starts to the North of Noosa North Shore and extends all the way up to Rainbow Beach and Inskip Point, including the gorgeous Noosa Everglades (Upper Noosa River) and the World Heritage Listed Fraser Island which lies north of Inskip Point.