IN THE LOOP
AN overnight walk that starts and ends at the same spot sounds perfect. That way you don’t have to worry about swapping vehicles or trying to work out how you’re going to get home. So with that in mind here are our 10 favourite overnight loop walks that showcase the tropical beauty of the Sunshine State.
1 Cooloola Great Walk sample
The Cooloola Great Walk is one of Queensland’s 10 Great Walks, linking Noosa and Rainbow Beach via a system of high sand dunes known as the Cooloola Sandmass. This 108km, Class Four walk is usually done over five days, but there are two alternative routes on the last day and hikers can get a taster of the whole experience by connecting them.
Starting from Carlo carpark at the Great Walk’s northern end, hikers can walk in to (and back from) Freshwater walkers camp (book online) either via Poona Lake (approximately 17.3km) or using
