We were pretty beat up after the bush party. It might not have been the most amazing I’ve seen but we were still exhausted the day after. We made it down to Rainbow Beach anyway.
Fraser Island is right across the bay from Rainbow. There was a large bush fire on Fraser Island at the time and the island was closed to visitors. It wasn’t our original plan to head over that way so it didn’t change our plans at all. But it changed everybody else’s plans.
Rainbow Beach and the surrounding campsites were very busy. Everyone stayed on the mainland that were supposed to go to the island. I kind of felt bad for them because Fraser is such a great place. I know I’d be a bit bummed if I was in their shoes.
Scottie ended up meeting us the first night we were camped there. We were nestled up next to the beach at one of the national parks. Really nice camp spot to be fair. We set up a campfire but quickly realized that no one else was having one on account of what was happening at Fraser. So we put it out. Camping is kind of lame when you can’t make a fire.
Rainbow Beach is famous for its tall beachside sandstone cliffs and its 4WDing along the beach. The last time I was here I only had a little Toyota Yaris. So it was cool to experience this place in a different way the second time around.
We drove up and down the beach for most of the afternoon stopping at a few spots along the way. There’s a small cape and we drove through this small track to get to the beach on the other side. We stopped off at the hiking trail and walked up to the lighthouse. That was really nice. But it was so damn hot! Australia is no joke during the summer.
We realized sometime during the afternoon that we could drive along the beach all the way to Noosa Heads. That was our next stop anyway. So that’s exactly what we did.
Normally this drive takes 2 hours over the normal roads because they go so far inland. I think we did it in a little over an hour on the beach. When we got all the way to the end we were sitting on a small piece of beach looking back towards The Spit.
The Spit is a bay beach in Noosa Heads. It the best place to watch the sunset in Noosa. When you’re watching a sunset there you always wonder how you can get over to the other side of the bay. There are always people over there. And now we know.
We chilled there for a bit and then crossed the ferry inland. We wanted to watch the sunset at The Spit and we made it just in time. Met a few people there and then made our way to the campsite
It was a bit out of town and also it was a bit shit. Noosa is not very camper van or camping friendly. It’s a richer area and they don’t want the vans everywhere. The camp was packed because there was nowhere else to go that was close enough to town.
Anyway, I was starting to feel a bit sick that evening and when I woke up I had a full blown sore throat. Our original plan was to take another day or two to make it back to Brisbane. But I was in no shape to travel any more. So we made a beeline to Brissie. All I wanted to do at that point was sleep and get well.