I'm hiking and my friends are drinking lattes

I did my first hike today. Have still been going to crossfit, surfing and doing the stairs but I need to get into the walking and endurance training. Decided on a walk through Noosa National Park.  It was a pretty gloomy morning and raining, good practice.  I started at the northern end of Sunshine Beach. Last time I walked up there was about a year ago with my cousin Nat, we were knackered by the time we got half way up the headland. Today I got to the top and felt fine.  Getting fitter woohooo.

Looking south over Sunshine Beach from the Headland

Walked up the headland, across and down to A Bay, the local nudist beach (yes Nat, remember A Bay and the dude bending for the towel, my eyesight has still not recovered). I then headed inland across the Tanglewood Track.  Most of the track is sand so not as easy as a normal surface to walk on, but I have to say in general I do not think that this track was challenging enough. 

I did find out some pretty interesting and important things though. Today I carried a pack with about 8 kg. I was fine with the weight it did not bother me at all (thank you crossfit).  What bothered me were annoying little things, like I wanted to take a photo and had to take the whole pack off to get the camera out. Then it started pouring and I had to stop again to get my jacket out. I couldn't reach my drink in the stupid side holder thingy on my pack and had to take it off every time i wanted a drink. I guess it's good to sort all this stuff out now. I am sure I will get better at refining it over the next few weeks. My right boot also rubs so lucky I am breaking them in now.

Despite the track not being hard enough it was really a beautiful walk and I enjoyed it.  Unfortunately I did not get to my favourite places in the National Park (Tea Tree and Granite Bay), but next time I think I will go the coastal track (and maybe take the surfboard too).

Why the track is called Tanglewood maybe?

Towards the end of the track was getting pretty hot. Luckily the beach was close by!!! And how great was the water looking today!!!! There were even some 2ft peeler sets at Little Cove and noone at all on it!!! Where is my surfboard when I need it?

I am so going in there

Had a swim at Little Cove with about a million massive blue jellyfish (not bluebottles though, never seen them before, weird, they were not stingy at all).  Then I had to walk another 1.5k's home up Noosa Hill.  Not nice putting boots and socks on when your still a bit sandy. Was absolutely starving.  Was just about home and feeling pretty knackered when I saw a friend sitting outside a cafe sipping his latte. I really thought he might hold a latte out over the footpath and give me just a sip (you know like in a marathon), I just got a friendly wave. Good one Josh haha.

Later this week will start on some more challenging walks. I think I did nearly 10 k's today, I just need more hills and more challenging terrain, and maybe a latte.