Mount Coolum

Yesterday was pretty cool, I climbed a mountain....

Lovisa, Carolina and I planned out the bus route, grabbed our cameras, and headed toward Mt. Coolum. We got off at the bus stop that the online journey planner told us to then proceeded to have to walk an hour down the road, past 3 other bus stops, to get to the base of the mountain. Whoops. We decided that we would just call that our warm up walk. We stopped at an IGA nearby to grab a couple snacks and some Powerade since it was just past lunch time and we were a bit hungry and wanted to make sure we stayed hydrated. After that it was time to start hiking!

Carolina & Lovisa ready to start up the mountain

The climb was pretty intense, steep stairs almost all the way up to the 208m (682ft) peak. I took a few pictures as we climbed up:

It was a rough ascent but the view from the top was amazing. We could see the little IGA we had stopped at, the city on the coast that we go to on a regular basis for the beach & shopping center, and even all the way (we think) to Brisbane! It was a clear day so we could see on and on for quite a distance in all directions.

We sat and hung out at the top for a little bit before we decided to head down. The mosquitoes were getting quite bad and we wanted to start moving again to keep them at bay.

The climb was quite intense but it was a great workout and a really cool view. I've tried to go a couple other times and had issues with getting the timing to work out so I'm very glad this time we got there (eventually).