Glass House Mountains

We decided yesterday to embark upon an ambitious tour of the Glass House Mountains and Sunshine Coast. The plan was to drive up to Noosa via Maleny and the Mary Cairncross Scenic Reserve, which I'd heard was a nice spot, then down to Wild Horse Mountain and home.

I walked the dogs whilst the ladies got a lunch together which we hoped to barbecue either at the Reserve or at Noosa. This would be the longest the dogs had been left on their own in the house, and they needed a good bit of exercise to tire them out. It was a hot day and half an hour later they were dead on their feet.

So we set off and embarked on an interesting drive through Caboolture, through the Glass House Mountains, past Australia Zoo (up Steve Irwin Way...) then up through Peachester into the hills.

The road twisted and turned like the apcryphal twisty turny thing, and occasionally through the trees a view opened up beneath us with the Glass House Mountains set out on the plain below.

When we got to the Reserve the view into the valley was spectacular, as pictured above. When we investigated further we found wood-burning barbecues which Nicole was delighted by, and a playground with swings and merry go rounds which Eloise looked rather interested in.

So Nicole got cooking and we went and played on the playground, and generally hung around, until lunch was ready and we all sat down to an excellent kebab lunch followed by nectarines, while Aussies played cricket on the field behind us. We eyed the forest that lay beyond, getting ready for our rainforest walk.