Below: Early morning cars setting up at Mudlo Rocks for the circus the beach will become later
Below: Some people even brought their own furniture....
Below: Oops! Now that's a bummer of a start to the day! The Rainbow Beach website has a tally of the vehicles which have come to grief here. The Rainbow Beach website shows a tally of the vehicles which have come to grief here:
The notorious Mudlo Rocks have claimed many an over enthusiastic 4WD adventurer over the years. This is captured and monitored below in the official Rock Toll as a warning to those who dare try to conquer the ever-changing rock formation situated directly in front of the Rainbow Beach Township.
To check conditions make sure to check our beach report HERE and our live Rock Cam HERE before venturing out.
Year Toyota Nissan Landrover Mitsubishi Holden Misc Total
2000 23 12 7 14 8 11 75
2001 14 9 10 6 3 14 56
2002 3 0 2 3 2 4 14
2003 13 1 5 3 1 2 25
2004 14 6 1 5 2 5 33
2005 9 5 1 0 0 7 22
2006 10 9 2 8 4 4 37
2007 8 2 4 6 8 4 32
2008 8 7 7 2 5 10 39
2009 9 3 5 2 1 8 28
2010 12 8 3 6 0 9 38
Below: Coffee rock - it's not really rock, but compacted and cemented sand and humus - a sort of prehistoric mud.
Below: The lookout at the end of Phil Rogers Park, next to the Carlo sandblow. It was named by Captain Cook after one of his crew members.
Below: Carlo Sandblow from the beach.
Below: Carlo Sandblow from the top, looking towards Double Island Point
Below: Part of the coloured sand cliffs which give Rainbow Beach (formerly called 'Back Beach') its name. Rainbow Beach started as a town servicing the sand mining industry. The sand cliffs get more spectacular than this, but I didn't keep walking.
Below: Watch out you don't get run over!
Below: Water runs out from Carlo Sandblow
Below: Looking over the beach from the lookout a Phil Rogers Park
Below: After the walk, a contemplation of Rainbow beach with one of the best smoothies I have ever had.
1 comment:
Oh wow I would love to visit this part of the world - those beaches look stunning. My kids would love it as well, what an amazing place
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