WANTING to avoid potential hotel quarantine, I’ve kept my wanders within my home state for much of the past year. This has resulted in frequent trips to Queensland’s beautiful Sunshine Coast, which begins just over an hour’s drive north of my Brisbane home. While the area boasts many spectacular walks – up volcanic plugs, along the coast, around headlands, through rainforest, to waterfalls, and more – I’ve been travelling there with my young dog … so the majority of my recent leg stretches have occurred on the excellent off-lead beaches. When my husband and I finally make plans to travel there without our pup, we’re excited to embrace a few walking locations that are off limits with a dog in tow.
Coastal splendour
Our first goal is the 10.8km return Coastal Walk in Noosa NP. Following the shoreline between the day-use area in the park’s popular Headland section and Sunshine Beach, to the southeast, the route travels over
