Our first stop: Munna Beach Apartments in Noosaville, on the Sunshine coast north of Brisbane.

Everyone enjoying a delicious homemade breakfast from delicious food from the Noosa farmers market.

We go for our first beach hike.

One of many beautiful coastal views on our trip.

Noosa was definitely very picturesque.

A bit of shaded trail is always much appreciated.

Nancy takes a break. Graham is getting to be a big boy.

That was a nice little natural pool.

Graham needed a short break, riding in the front pack is hard work!

The waves were pretty good for surfing.

The temperature was around 28 C (82 F), a little hot for a hike but not too bad.

What a nice place to sit down and have a snack.

We saw this beautiful beach from a distance but it was not on our trail, too bad.

This butterfly had beautiful turquiose colors on its wings, much more spectacular than the image captured by the camera.

Nancy hasn't looked up the name of this rock formation yet ...

Both of the kids had an easy ride on the hike ... here's Madeleine in the backpack.

I think these are mangrove trees. Or something.

Nancy points out the strange root structures - the branches grew roots that stuck straight down into the ground.

This is a jungle turkey. We saw it on our way out of the hiking area. We were only alerted to its presence by the dozens of Japanese students who were on a massive field trip and had stopped to look at it.

Later on we sat on a picnic bench and rested and while we were there this large lizard came ambling by.