A short video about where I'm from

First Point

The Noosa National Park surfbreaks are a series of righthand points. Moving east from Main Beach the first point you come to is called(imaginatively) First Point. First Point is usually the smallest in wave size on a given swell. Great for beginners or someone wanting an uncomplicated fun surf.

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The following is a really good video to show the waves at First Point and to show the relationship to Main Beach. They are siamese twins. Where one ends; the other begins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wElJg3je3E

First Point with a bit more swell

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Little Cove

This is further East from Main Beach Around the corner from First Point there is a little cove and beach known (again imaginatively) as Little Cove.

Here's a shot of dead flat surf Little Cove. That's taken looking past First Point toward Main Beach.

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Here's a video of Little Cove and the end section of Nationals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUy6KGQKhLw

Slow the video down to 0.25 speed

A shot of Little Cove with some swell

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National Park

This is the name of the Longest point section in the Noosa National Park surfbreak collection. It starts at Boiling Pot and the wave winds down the point until it ends at the beginning of Little Cove.

The following photo is of Bob McTavish checking out Nationals in 1966

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Here's a more recent photo

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Boiling Pot is the first section of Nationals. It is fast and hollow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yZnWQ6mpNA
 
Thanks for the links, Theo!
Larger Noosa looks like one would need a bit of technique and local knowledge to negotiate a lengthy ride:)
Australia, like the Far East, has always been an exotic place in my mind and probably "the last frontier". Still?:)
 
Ti Tree(or Tea Tree) Bay

Further East again past Nationals and Boiling Pot is the utterly enchanting Ti Tree Bay. A tiny stretch of sand marks a beautiful little bay with it's own distinct right hand point.

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This shot is Ti Tree from the air showing Granite Bay peeking out from further East.

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The following video is showing the view of Ti Tree right on sunset

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJFiBWnLDJg

This is what Ti Tree is like with more swell

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Another video of Ti Tree showing some surfing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jErDd-8_5Nk
 
On tonight's News bulletin it was announced that the day's maximum temp was 82 degrees Fahrenheit. Not bad for the last month of Winter.
 
Thanks for the links, Theo!
Larger Noosa looks like one would need a bit of technique and local knowledge to negotiate a lengthy ride:)
Australia, like the Far East, has always been an exotic place in my mind and probably "the last frontier". Still?:)

Maybe not The Last Frontier, but certainly if you enjoy wild with no signs of civilisation, Australia will rise to the challenge.

So jealous. I need more tropical.

I've been here for almost 20 years. It is a beautiful place. I lived at Noosa for my first 4 years here. I still miss living there.
 
It is on my bucket list to make it to your continent, just beautiful! :yes:
 
The walkway from Main Beach all the way past all of the individual named sections of the Noosa National Park Coastal Track( First Point. Little Cove. National Park. Boiling Pot. Ti Tree Bay. Granite Bay) is the easiest way to get from one break to the next. Once at your destination it is leap off the rocks and paddle through the line up.

On the following page click on the link that says "Noosa National Park, Headland section map (PDF, 186K)*"

http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/noosa/about.html

If you've clicked on that link you will see that on page 1 there is a map with many of the tracks through Noosa Headland Park shown in differing colours. There is a scale uppermost on page 1. 800m approximates one half mile.
 
The question of sharks:

It has been said that if you don't want to be bitten by a shark; don't go in the water.

I've lived in Queensland cumulatively for almost 44 years. In that time I think there have been 5 fatalities from sharks that I can recall. Queensland cases I'm talking about, just to be clear. Also just to be clear we have sharks. I do not fear getting hit by lightning when I am out in a thunder storm and I generally don't give sharks much thought. I have seen them whilst out surfing. Very infrequently(*ie years apart).

The number of people swimming and surfing in the photos should indicate the average Australian's attitude toward sharks. We know they are there but we find in practice that we are not getting attacked.
 
There is a myriad of trails through the interior of Noosa Headland. I walked on them twice per day for 4 years. This has left me with a deep bond with the parkland. I used to walk those paths at night, even on moonless nights.

One night I came across a tree down across the track and I got an overwhelming feeling that I was being barred from entering. I made the same walk about six hours later and there was no sign of a tree being down nor was there sign of any tree having been taken away.
 
Admittedly, our Winter is almost over but today's maximum temp was 27 degrees Celsius( 81 degrees Fahrenheit). It's a tough life.
 
Funnily enough, after all of my bragging about how good the weather is here and the absence of snow, we had a hail storm in Brisbane(60 mile to the South of where I live) which left parts of the city looking like snow had fallen:

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