Emerald to Burrum Heads
November 25th 2014 Hooroo Emerald it was 0615 and we were looking forward to tonight’s stop as it was to be coastal at our good friend Bobs place in Burrum Heads about 640 km down the track. We’d not been to this area before and we were definitely looking forward to getting a break from the hot Australian interior.
Burrum Heads is a small town located at the mouth of the Burrum River and you get to enjoy views
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Dancing Dave
David Hooper
AHH...to escape development
I hitched from Sydney to Hervey Bay in 1970 then down to Noosa looking for surf. Pitched our tent on Sunshine Beach that only had a caravan park where we used to crawl under the fence to get water then hitch to Noosa for a milkshake. In those days Hervey Bay was a quiet holiday area and Noosa only had a milkbar and a caravan park and a single wave from headland to headland. Now the whole of the Sunshine Coast is kerbed and guttered and Noosa a bustling metropolis. Great you found a quiet spot not far from these iconic places.