John's 70th Walk
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Great Sandy Straight Waddle 2009 (Walk and Paddle) Some planning for John Sinclair's 70th Birthday Walk. A journey of approximately 100km from Noosa to Fraser Island's Hook Point, walking and paddling. The plan is to use the Cooloola Great Walk where possible.
- EPA Cooloola Great Walk Page
- Cooloola Great Sandy National Park Walking Tracks Summary - handy for some distances
- Cooloola conditions report
- Google Map 70th Birthday Walk
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Participants
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Walkers/Paddlers
- John
- Su
- John Jnr
- Andrew
- Andres
- Keith
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Support
- Michelle
- Jim
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Plan
- Michelle uses Supe as a Bus
| Day | Walk (km) | Paddle (km) |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | 13.80 | 5.23 |
| Day 2 | 0 | 15.00 |
| Day 3 | 13.42 | 0 |
| Day 4 | 27.00 | 0 |
| Day 5 | 15.21 | 0 |
| Day 6 | 11.92 | 0 |
| Total | 81.35 | 20.23 |
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Day 0 Saturday 11th July
| Camp: | Elanda/Farm |
- Everyone transits to The Farm or Elanda Point?
- Camp the night, ready for an early start Sunday
- Bikes go into Supe and Dad and Su drive Supe to the Farm
- Keith, Andres and John go in the Pug to the Farm (or Andres can go in Supe)
- John's Pug stays at the Farm.
- Keith to bring LL Bean Tent and a couple of Two man tents
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Day 1 Sunday 12th July
| Camp: | Elanda/Farm |
| Bags: | With Vehicles |
| Distance: | Walk 13.8km, Paddle 5.23km |
- Leave/move the Kayaks and Dhingy at/to Elanda Point
- Michelle and Jim, drive everyone to the starting point at Noosa
- Rent a boat from Noosaville (or use Jim's Ship), ferry walkers to Noosa North Shore
- Walkers Start walking from Noosa North Shore to Teewah Landing
- Michelle and Jim drive back to Elanda, tie Kayaks to Dhingy
- Michelle and Jim motor to Teewah Landing and meet the walkers
- Paddlers paddle to Elanda Point
- Drive to Dinner/Camp?
- Birthday Dinner at Elanda/Farm
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Day 2 Monday 12th July
| Camp: | Campsite 3 |
| Bags: | Dhingy |
| Distance: | Paddle 15km |
- Michelle and Jim, drive everyone to Elanda
- Vehicles remain at Elanda
- Gear goes into Dhingy
- Paddle from Elanda to Harry's Hut, 2 hours
- Lunch or Morning Tea at Harry's Hut
- Paddle from Harry's Hut to Campsite 3, 2 hours
- Camp the night at Campsite 3
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Day 3 Tuesday 14th July
| Camp: | Campsite 3 |
| Bags: | No portage |
| Distance: 13.42km |
- This is a quiet day just going to the sandpatch and Teewah Beach and returning to Campsite 3 if the chaperone's want to hang around.
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Day 4 Wednesday 15th July CHANGE Walk to Cooloomerah
| Camp: | Freshwater |
| Bags: | With Boats/Vehicles (day packs for walkers) |
| Distance: | Walk 27km |
- The Dinghy takes the chaperones and all gear back to Elanda
- Jim and Michelle drive to Freshwater with all gear.
- Walkers depart Campsite 3
- Lunch at Lake Cooloomera
- Walkers depart Lake Cooloomera
- Lunch when needed
- Arrive at Freshwater camp ground
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Day 5 Thursday 16th July Change Walk from Cooloolahmera to Freshwater
| Camp: | Rainbow Beach |
| Bags: | In vehicles |
| Distance: | Walk 15.21km |
- Jim and Michelle drive to Rainbow Beach
- Walkers depart Freshwater
- Walkers head to Rainbow
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Day 6 Friday 17th July: Change ride from Freshwater to Inskip
| Camp: | Rainbow Beach |
| Bags: | In vehicles |
| Distance: | 11.92km |
- Walkers can walk to Inskip Point
- Jim and Michelle pick up walkers from Inskip Point
- John might have to leave on Friday night?
- Relaxing night at Rainbow
- Supe drives John and Andrew back to the Farm and then Supe drives back to Rainbow
- Tentative: Ute comes from farm to Rainbow, picks up John, Andrew and bikes.
- John drives Pug back to Brisbane
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Day 7 Saturday 18th July
| Camp: | Brisbane/Bli Bli/Kin Kin |
- Finish up and Head home
- Fishing Tin Can Bay on Saturday Morning
- Andres has a flight on Saturday at 5:00PM
- Walkers head to Rainbow
Day 7 Saturday - Camp at Rainbow (camp?). This will be the day to canoe Inskip Point or are we satisfied just walking to the top of Cooloola?
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Notes
Or we can have 2 cars to take us to the farm overnight and have a bang up dinner there?
There may need to be a similar boat hire from Tin Can Bay for the last stage.
There may be a boat Dinghy hire but I am unaware of canoe hire there. If it proves too difficult to cross Great Sandy Strait I am willing to call a halt at Inskip Point.
This way we don't need to worry too much about wheels etc and the cars can stay at Noosaville until the dinghy is returned.
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Issues
- Tides esp for Tin Can Bay leg
- Boat traffic is very high in TCB on weekends
- How fast will the sit on tops go?
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Logistics
- We will not need to carry gear until the walking days.
- Kayaks will be accompanied by small motor boat, which will carry the packs, etc.
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Questions
- Does John Jnr have a wedding on Saturday? YES, Bernadette's brother is getting married on Saturday afternoon. It would be best if I return to Brisbane on Friday night.
- Should we use the sit on tops or rent Kayak's Canoes from Elanda?
- Should we paddle from Inskip to Hook Point (and back?)
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Kayaks/Canoes/Dhingy
- Michelle has one single Kayak and may be able to borrow a second
- Andrew's 2 man sit on top
- Auntie Marg's 2 man sit on top
- Rent a Dhingy from Elanda?
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Benefits of Renting
Easier to use a car to transport them up there and over? Less fuel? Faster? For those interested in comfort and speed, it costs $90 per 3 days for a 2 person canoe and $160 per 2 days for a sea kayak http://www.elanda.com.au/canoehire.htm
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Research
- Cooloola Wilderness Trail (no maps) http://www.john.chapman.name/qld-cool.html
- This page has tables of walks and canoe's with an estimate of 7km in 1 hour and 30 mins, which is about 4.5km/hr, that seems slow, maybe we need to do a baseline, I will talk to Micheal Cole who has done some endurance kayaking.
- Some maps linked from there.
- cooloola_north_map
- cooloola_south_map
- noosa_river_map
