{"id":10895,"date":"2019-05-08T15:47:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-08T22:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=10895"},"modified":"2019-06-04T09:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T16:30:36","slug":"waterways-sunshine-coast-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/waterways-sunshine-coast-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Australia\u2019s Sunshine Coast: Wet \u2018n Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trapped inside my cobweb-filled memory, from a mandatory English literature class that I attended when I was a young lad of just 15, are the only lines I can recall from Samuel Taylor Coleridge\u2019s late 16th Century poem,\u00a0<em>Rime of the Ancient Mariner<\/em>: \u201cWater, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink.\u201d Supposedly, Coleridge\u2019s poem was inspired by British Captain James Cook\u2019s voyage of exploration around the South Seas and the Pacific Ocean, which included Queensland, Australia where I recently vacationed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10642\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Prologue-5.jpg\" alt=\"Duporth Riverside, Sunshine Coast, Australia\" width=\"850\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Prologue-5.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Prologue-5-600x296.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Prologue-5-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Prologue-5-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Prologue-5-496x244.jpg 496w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So, what\u2019s the connection between me and Sammy the Poet? Well, I fled winter back home to enjoy a brief, second summer along the <a href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/discovering-australias-sunshine-coast-prologue\/\">Sunshine Coast<\/a>, and every morning for 24 straight days I would stand on the balcony of my ninth floor apartment at the Duporth Riverside complex in Maroochydore and gaze down and out at the panorama of the Maroochy River flowing into the Coral Sea and quietly remark to myself, \u201cWater, water everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10892\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-3-8.jpg\" alt=\"boats at the junction of the Maroochy River and the Coral Sea\" width=\"850\" height=\"1427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-3-8.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-3-8-600x1007.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-3-8-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-3-8-768x1289.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-3-8-610x1024.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My daily ritual began at around 6:00 a.m. when the \u201cearly to bed, early to rise\u201d locals sped past my sleepy eyes aboard kayaks, canoes, stand-up paddle boards, pontoons, sail and motor boats and jet skis. Although delighted, it really pained me to watch as every passing day I would chomp at the bit to join in all that fun-loving water traffic below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10893\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-9.jpg\" alt=\"writer on a kayak at the Maroochy River\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-9.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-9-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-9-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My wish finally came true as I joined the rest of my party of six and slipped into a flotilla of kayaks and a lone Canadian canoe to be expertly guided along the outer banks of the Maroochy by Neil Oldham, a master kayaker and pro guide for Sunshine Coast Sea Kayaking.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10894\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-10-13.jpg\" alt=\"writer and 5 other guests kayaking\" width=\"850\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-10-13.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-10-13-600x705.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-10-13-255x300.jpg 255w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-10-13-768x903.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our sunset glide took us around Goats Island, past Pin Cushion Island, along Mudjimba\u2019s North Shore and down Stingray Alley, not to mention a few tricky spots where the low tide left us a bit high and dry. At the midway point we beached our craft and cracked open a few cold ones. A tip of the paddle to Neil for organizing this really cool experience, my first ever since coming ashore in Oz.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10986\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-14a.jpg\" alt=\"half-cabin cruiser from Ready 2 Go Boat Hire\" width=\"850\" height=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-14a.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-14a-600x460.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-14a-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-14a-768x588.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now sea, actually river worthy, I gave it another go and rented a little half-cabin cruiser from Ready 2 Go Boat Hire at the Noosa Marina in Tewantin for a four-hour float up and down the busy Noosa River. Not the best of craft, I pretty much bobbed and weaved my way in and out of heavy traffic all day long, trying desperately to avoid all the wakes created by an armada of larger craft zipping around my \u201clittle boat that could.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10898\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-15-19.jpg\" alt=\"waterways cruising: up the Noosa River aboard a half-cabin cruiser from Ready 2 Go Boat Hire\" width=\"850\" height=\"1069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-15-19.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-15-19-600x755.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-15-19-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-15-19-768x966.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-15-19-814x1024.jpg 814w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All the way down to where the Noosa meets the mouth of the Coral Sea, with a stop midway in the Noosa Sound to grab a cold one and an egg salad sanger (sandwich), I returned back to the dock at Noosa Marina without incident, but with a promise that next time, in the words of Roy Scheider from the movie\u00a0<em>Jaws<\/em>, \u201cWe\u2019re gonna need a bigger boat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10899 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-20.jpg\" alt=\"six-person pontoon boat from Swan Boat Hire, Maroochydore\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-20.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-20-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-20-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-20-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If bigger is better, then by golly this time around I\u2019ve finally got it covered: a six-person pontoon boat, complete with an on-board barbie, that I hired from Swan Boat Hire in Maroochydore for my third and final self-drive cruise.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10897\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-21-23.jpg\" alt=\"waterways cruising: the Maroochy River\" width=\"850\" height=\"764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-21-23.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-21-23-600x539.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-21-23-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-21-23-768x690.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shoving off from the banks of the Maroochy, our crew of four headed up-river with hardly any traffic at all. Keeping the boat between the red and green buoys, I guided our craft straight and true just like Columbus over the ocean blue. On the return leg, we cracked a right and cracked open another cold one and went quietly up Petrie Creek until the clock struck \u201chead back to GO.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10901\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-24-26.jpg\" alt=\"more waterways cruising: the Petrie Creek\" width=\"850\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-24-26.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-24-26-600x511.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-24-26-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-24-26-768x654.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My self-drive antics on water now over, there\u2019s still one, atop-the-wake activity left on my Down Under to-do list. It involves eating and drinking while someone else steers the boat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10902\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-27.jpg\" alt=\"writer and boat mates\" width=\"850\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-27.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-27-600x467.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-27-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-27-768x597.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you book only one cruise while staying along the Sunshine Coast make it a sunset dinner cruise aboard the Noosa Cruiser Restaurant &amp; Bar (NCR&amp;B), rated no. 1 by TripAdvisor.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10903\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-28-30.jpg\" alt=\"at the Noosa Marina in Tewantin with Ron and a bottle of chilled Aussie Pinot Gris\" width=\"850\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-28-30.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-28-30-600x407.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-28-30-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-28-30-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Waved through the security gate at the Noosa Marina in Tewantin by Ron, the owner\/operator of the boat, our party of four makes its way on board and is led to a corner table by Dan, the head waiter. Quick on the draw, he has me twisting the top off the first of several bottles of chilled Aussie Pinot Gris in no time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10904\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-31-33.jpg\" alt=\"waterways cruising: from the Noosa River to the edge of Lake Cooroibah with Skipper Greg\" width=\"850\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-31-33.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-31-33-600x365.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-31-33-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-31-33-768x467.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the sun begins its descent, Skipper Greg puts the cruiser in glide and away we go, up the Noosa to the edge of Lake Cooroibah and back, passing by Sir Richard Branson\u2018s private Makepeace Island along the way, where exclusive and luxurious accommodation awaits 22 privileged castaways. Say \u201chey\u201d to Sir R for me, will ya?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10905\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-34-36.jpg\" alt=\"Chef Tristan\u2019s dishes aboard the Noosa Cruiser Restaurant &amp; Bar\" width=\"850\" height=\"806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-34-36.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-34-36-600x569.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-34-36-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-34-36-768x728.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, the white tablecloth service aboard the NCR&amp;B? How about Chef Tristan\u2019s appetizer plate of locally fished oysters, king shrimps, lemon pepper calamari and an avocado and mango salad. The main follows, a pan-seared darn of Tasmanian Atlantic salmon. And this floating feast ends with a fruity and creamy dessert. Mmm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10906\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-37.jpg\" alt=\"sunset view from the Noosa Cruiser Restaurant &amp; Bar\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-37.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-37-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-37-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-37-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What a fun way to spend sunset aboard the Noosa Cruiser Restaurant &amp; Bar. Me and my mates handled the merriment, Skipper Greg piloted the boat and Uber got us home safely.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10900\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Coastal-Pathway-1.jpg\" alt=\"Costal Pathway scene\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Coastal-Pathway-1.jpg 850w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Coastal-Pathway-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Coastal-Pathway-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Coastal-Pathway-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Australia boasts 21k+ miles of jaw-dropping coastline and some of it winds its way around the Sunshine Coast. Join me next time when we\u2019ll trek along the Costal Pathway to have a look at some of the OMG beaches and, no doubt, leave a few footprints in the sand before my final hooroo (goodbye) to the land Down Under.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Palladian Traveler keeps the esky well stocked as he shoves off in a variety of craft to navigate his way around a few of the Sunshine Coast\u2019s incredible waterways for some wet \u2018n wild fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[2158,2239,2241,2242,2238,2183,1900,2157,2240,1576],"class_list":["post-10895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-travel","tag-australia","tag-maroochy-river","tag-maroochydore","tag-noosa-cruiser-restaurant-bar","tag-noosa-river","tag-queensland","tag-river-cruise","tag-sunshine-coast","tag-sunshine-coast-sea-kayaking","tag-waterways"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cruising Waterways at Australia&#039;s Sunshine Coast - Traveling Boy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Palladian Traveler shoves off in a variety of craft to navigate his way around a few of the Sunshine Coast\u2019s incredible waterways.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/waterways-sunshine-coast-australia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cruising Waterways at Australia&#039;s Sunshine Coast - Traveling Boy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Palladian Traveler shoves off in a variety of craft to navigate his way around a few of the Sunshine Coast\u2019s incredible waterways.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/waterways-sunshine-coast-australia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Traveling Archive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-08T22:47:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-06-04T16:30:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"850\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Weber\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Weber\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/waterways-sunshine-coast-australia\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/waterways-sunshine-coast-australia\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tom Weber\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/#\/schema\/person\/b58044112486975813b75e5a1123604f\"},\"headline\":\"Discovering Australia\u2019s Sunshine Coast: Wet \u2018n Wild\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-08T22:47:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-04T16:30:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/waterways-sunshine-coast-australia\/\"},\"wordCount\":948,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/waterways-sunshine-coast-australia\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Wet-\u2018n-Wild-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Australia\",\"Maroochy River\",\"Maroochydore\",\"Noosa Cruiser Restaurant &amp; 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