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Our Region is full of natural beauty and diversity

Lake Cootharaba
Tin Can Bay
Cooloola National Park
Rainbow Beach
Inskip Point
Fraser Island

Noosa
Eumundi Market

Pomona Vipassana Centre
Chen Rezig Tibetan 
Teaching Centre

Map of the region

Lake Cootharaba is 25 minutes from Gayatri,  directly towards the coast. A beautiful, contemplative, shallow, warm lake. Great for children, wonderful for relaxation. From the opposite shore it's a ten minute walk to the beach. During the week the lake is still quiet, except for holidays. 
lc view fr cooran lookout.jpg (35024 bytes) Lake Cootharaba from Noosa Lookout lakecview.jpg (17288 bytes) and here from Cooran lookout lcnlookblakec1.jpg (24217 bytes) ocean view
campfatlc.jpg (25723 bytes) camp fire in the evening lakecshores.jpg (24674 bytes) Looking towards Noosa
On the way to Rainbow  Beach you come through Coolola National Park. 
cooloola road 400.jpg (29435 bytes) The roads ad the landscape are still peaceful cooloola view to coast.jpg (29543 bytes) View  to Tin Can Bay and sand dunes c creek2.jpg (17989 bytes) Many streams collect water in the marshland
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rainforest
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In Tin Can Bay.you can hire houseboats.  The bay is calm and a favorite outing.  The dolphins come daily.
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Rainbow Beach is also the  name of a small town. It has a beautiful beach, on one end is  Double Island, on the other Inskip Point. There is a large national park with camping grounds. Hanggliders often take off from the large sand dune , encouraged by all kinds of birds. From above you can see dolphins, giant turtles, Mantas and many more see creatures.
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Sunrise  over Double Island rainbow sunrisecomp.jpg (21940 bytes) Black sand Sculptures dark rocks magic.jpg (30891 bytes) A good bench black rocks.jpg (12989 bytes)
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some of my favourite pieces of art

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FI bayside.jpg (25076 bytes) Inskip, bay side
fisandblows aereal.jpg (25556 bytes) Frazer Island fraser aeropl.jpg (10525 bytes) joy flight
lake mc kenzie areal.jpg (25678 bytes) Lake McKenzie  lying dingo.jpg (22114 bytes) Fraser Island  Dingo lake wobby.jpg (7717 bytes) Lake Wabby.
fi beach1.jpg (15298 bytes) 100 km beach fiadventure.jpg (23257 bytes) Don't wash your car in a river ficreek.jpg (37194 bytes) Creeks in  Frazer's interior 
hervey bay h2.jpg (10557 bytes) Boats in Hervey Bay.  August to October you can watch the Whales whale jumping.jpg (22757 bytes) seeing the whales dance is a very emotional experience for most people whale with cub.jpg (21398 bytes) When the whales pass through here they have young ones with them

 

Noosa lies to the south, in a more densely populated area. It  is geared for tourists.  
walktonlookout2.jpg (23036 bytes) even at 86 it's well worth the walk to the lookout nlookblakec1.jpg (24245 bytes) View 
Lake Cootharaba		 nviewcooranm1.jpg (24117 bytes) Cooran
Mountain
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Cooroybah		 nviewcooroym1.jpg (24867 bytes) Cooroy
Mountain		 nviewnoosa1JPG.jpg (22706 bytes) view of 
Noosa
walkfromnlookout.jpg (20276 bytes) and now back down to Noosa's cafes noosabootchen.jpg (21078 bytes) At the mouth of  Noosa River  w+s noosa river.jpg (28948 bytes) along the esplanade
noosa bay.jpg (12524 bytes) right behind the beach is busy Hastings Street noosa v e.jpg (24503 bytes) view towards  Rainbow Beach n nat parkweg.jpg (34762 bytes) path through the national park
noosa nparkv.s.jpg (30525 bytes) sometimes high above the water hell's gate.jpg (21840 bytes) alex bay.jpg (48528 bytes)
Alexandria Bay
from Noosa it is not far to Eumundi, there's a very popular markets on Saturdays.  
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Further south is Chen Rezig, a Tibetan monastery, community and study centre. 
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25 minutes south of us is Pomona, lit has a beautiful Vipassana meditation Centre.
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