teewah beach/raibow beach

[ra33er]

hi just putting this up if anyone is going up the coast or down in qld and wants to camp right on the beach very nice place we just got back from there about a week ago and 2 days turned into 4 u go through tewantin north from noosa

if anyone goes there i hope u enjoy urself permits are requied but well worth it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhsDpfutIGk

http://nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/cooloola/pdf/cooloola-great-sandy-map.pdf

[smej]

Great vid

[GHendo]

Enjoyed the video. Haven't been up there in over 30 years. There used to be the wreck of a ship called the "Cherry Venture", or something like that. Probably all rusted away by now.

Cheers

Geoff

[ra33er]

it wasnt my video just thought id get one off u-tube to add to the post but will be going back up there in about a month or 2 as the new addition to the family is due in 3 weeks so once i get up there i will be taking photo,s and video of the whole area and will be postin in on here untill then will be twidling my thumbs waiting


i have seen the ship on websites but never really got a chance to drive around but the whole stretch will be exsplored next trip

[Pajenaro]

Enjoyed the video. Haven't been up there in over 30 years. There used to be the wreck of a ship called the "Cherry Venture", or something like that. Probably all rusted away by now.

Cheers

Geoff

Just a sign marks the spot now-a-days.
They removed the wreck a few years ago.

[jcd]

I was up there a couple of weekends ago and the only downside is that there was a fire ban, so no camp fires on the beach but other than that the beach was nice and easy to drive on with all the rocks near the Teewah end being covered by sand again.

Bye Jeff.

[brispaj]

Just got back from camping on Teewah for 4 days. First time driving on the beach and I towed the camper. Very easy drive. Did a trip to Rainbow oneday via Leisha Track.

Cant wait to get back there.

Only downfalls was the amount of dead and nearly dead birds washed up on the beach, and no fires

[mmannion]

Just got back from camping on Teewah for 4 days. First time driving on the beach and I towed the camper. Very easy drive. Did a trip to Rainbow oneday via Leisha Track.

Cant wait to get back there.

Only downfalls was the amount of dead and nearly dead birds washed up on the beach, and no fires

The dead mutton birds were on Fraser as well. Happens in October when they migrate from Russia apparently. Never seen so many in previous years though.

[georgec]

Just got back from camping on Teewah for 4 days. First time driving on the beach and I towed the camper. Very easy drive. Did a trip to Rainbow oneday via Leisha Track.

Cant wait to get back there.

Only downfalls was the amount of dead and nearly dead birds washed up on the beach, and no fires

I just did the same last weekend and just can't get all the salt and sand out, washed three times now and sand still pours out and washed the engine bay as well. Went to fit a diff guard today and they can't take the plate out due to rusty mount point. Any ideas on what to d? Have booked at mm dealer for Monday but wondering if I can do some thing without damaging the car...

[bilgeboy]

Cherry venture circa 1974
The hair and the fashion give it all away........

[nj swb]

Cherry Venture in 2005:

[GHendo]

God, what a mess. I was up there in 1975 and again about 1977. My memories are like the photos Bilgeboy posted.

By the way, there used to be a quick sand hole alone the beach up there. Is it still there? Not long before we were up there someone was killed as they were riding on the bonnet of a vehicle that went into the hole at speed.

Geoff

[brispaj]

the early pics look aswesome, would have loved to have seen it. thing is my parents had only just met then and I wasn't around for 11 years after

[Lando]

We spent 6 weeks there every year in the school hols..from when I was ten to about 18...loved it!! Used to climb all over the cherry venture....first trip we went there we climbed up to the bridge and all....looking back it seemed a bit risky..but eh..the things you do when youre kids ay lol

Yeah the quicksand hole was on the rainbow beach side....about five mins from the dam on the north side of double island if I remember right?

Gotta go back again there soon...they were some of the best memories I have of being a kid

[GHendo]

Have been having a bit of clean out of my office and came across a heap of old negatives and slides. This one was taken in February 1975 before I had my first 4WD - we went on a tour up the beach and as you can see the bloke conducting the tour used a Combi van. Don't remember him ever looking like getting bogged.

The Cherry Venture was an impressive sight sitting on the beach. I remember the tour guide saying there was a caretaker on the ship - would have been a bit of a boring life I should imagine.



Cheers

Geoff