{"id":1302,"date":"2008-11-02T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-02T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wpblog\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2008-11-02T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-02T00:10:00","slug":"2008-trip-day-8-the-sunshine-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/?p=1302","title":{"rendered":"2008 trip day 8 &#8211; The Sunshine Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\">I stared the day up on the Blackall range and headed inland.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3336281621\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3632\/3336281621_10ef6738ff.jpg\" alt=\"2008-11-02 track\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But first, I stopped by at the Kondilla National Park and Lake Baroon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3099180381\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3179\/3099180381_d175132417.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Baroon\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3106195133\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3026\/3106195133_b4c01d8881_s.jpg\" alt=\"Kondallia National Park\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3099181287\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3040\/3099181287_c90b54c034_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Baroon\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3099183021\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3274\/3099183021_ff66f7df77_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Baroon\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3100015230\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3171\/3100015230_b097ee242a_s.jpg\" alt=\"Lake Baroon\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3106195929\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3222\/3106195929_5f77906d07_s.jpg\" alt=\"Kondallia National Park\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3066699270\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3229\/3066699270_5d632ed288_s.jpg\" alt=\"Montville\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Passing through Malaney, I stopped at a cafe at Witta to have some lunch. A group of local vintage car enthusiasts turned up add added their vintage cars to the queue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/2994230813\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3209\/2994230813_d5b532ab91.jpg\" alt=\"blt\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3024470607\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3284\/3024470607_0c0d32bbef.jpg\" alt=\"Witta\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a brief stop in Kenilworth, I continued around the loop tourist drive.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3080815288\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3052\/3080815288_eaa819b7bb.jpg\" alt=\"Kenilworth\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Down in Tewantin, I was greeted by road closures by the dozen. Still I managed to get into Tewantin, which surprised a woman in the house of shells. I wanted to visit the house of bottles, with it&#8217;s giant stubby, but she explained that it had been closed about a decade before and cleared for housing a few years before.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3028654623\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3254\/3028654623_803dd9acae.jpg\" alt=\"House of Shells\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Avoiding Noosa, where it turns out they were holding an iron man rally, I headed back inland. I stopped at the top of Mount Timbeerwah, and disturbed an outside broad cast technician packing his OB equipment as the race was over.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3084339218\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3039\/3084339218_26b4756fa8.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Tinbeerwah\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3083504025\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3240\/3083504025_8054e46ebd_s.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Tinbeerwah\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3084340530\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3126\/3084340530_da9c0ecea8_s.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Tinbeerwah\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3084339700\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3233\/3084339700_bb5a7765ff_s.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Tinbeerwah\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3084338948\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3197\/3084338948_a68e8e2598_s.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Tinbeerwah\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3084338748\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3044\/3084338748_7475dfbaf9_s.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Tinbeerwah\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3084338144\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3005\/3084338144_f9bd4acb3e_s.jpg\" alt=\"Mt Tinbeerwah\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then headed south again, along the new road, to the budderium ginger factory, which owing to a lack of space in Budderim to expand is now in Yandina near Nambour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/2995066682\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3252\/2995066682_a055a1e73a.jpg\" alt=\"hot dog with onions in ginger\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3016115025\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3287\/3016115025_c23859abba_s.jpg\" alt=\"Yandina\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3016944130\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3014\/3016944130_a1f855b038_s.jpg\" alt=\"Yandina\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3016109705\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3240\/3016109705_2833018aac_s.jpg\" alt=\"Yandina\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3016946250\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3294\/3016946250_874afd131e_s.jpg\" alt=\"Yandina\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3016948596\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3146\/3016948596_a7a81a46d2_s.jpg\" alt=\"Yandina\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3016114101\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3032\/3016114101_fa80b38767_s.jpg\" alt=\"Yandina\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I stopped for a short time at the Big Pineapple. It is sad to see how rundown it has become. It opened in the year before we first went to the sunshine coast.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3047818927\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3238\/3047818927_50cd4a2805.jpg\" alt=\"At the Big Pineapple\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3048658576\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3182\/3048658576_ea0c5e3fc5_s.jpg\" alt=\"At the Big Pineapple\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3048658284\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3041\/3048658284_b5dc149b1b_s.jpg\" alt=\"At the Big Pineapple\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3048658042\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3196\/3048658042_09857911b0_s.jpg\" alt=\"At the Big Pineapple\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3047819973\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3165\/3047819973_f96251db8d_s.jpg\" alt=\"At the Big Pineapple\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3047819555\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3044\/3047819555_00005a2ed3_s.jpg\" alt=\"At the Big Pineapple\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3047819269\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3274\/3047819269_4d335a7995_s.jpg\" alt=\"At the Big Pineapple\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After a detour to that scary place called Bribie Island, where when I was young you could be arrested by mysterious government agents, or bashed up by wild bikie gangs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3101040574\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3007\/3101040574_4b16488262.jpg\" alt=\"Bribie Island\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I headed off into Caloundra. I stopped at Dicky Beach to take a photo of the ship wreck and ended staying at Moffat Beach as there was a cheaper place there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3082853\n566\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3069\/3082853566_6dbaba7e86.jpg\" alt=\"Caloundra\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3091388831\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3136\/3091388831_6c5ff2c48c.jpg\" alt=\"Dicky Beach\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3092228502\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3201\/3092228502_6dbc985954_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dicky Beach\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3092645507\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3274\/3092645507_cfb39e236c_s.jpg\" alt=\"Moffat Beach\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3092227320\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3022\/3092227320_7fddc89230_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dicky Beach\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3091387663\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3151\/3091387663_a4933588a1_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dicky Beach\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3092226084\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3020\/3092226084_cef4e0e987_s.jpg\" alt=\"Dicky Beach\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3082015089\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3068\/3082015089_c2aa9a961e_s.jpg\" alt=\"Caloundra\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately my grandparents old house is now a block of flats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/yewenyi\/3082015445\/\" title=\"Go to the photo page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.flickr.com\/3269\/3082015445_61bddf1c04.jpg\" alt=\"Caloundra\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I stared the day up on the Blackall range and headed inland. But first, I stopped by at the Kondilla[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday-diary","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yewenyi.net\/wp\/old\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}