For the last year or so, I’ve been working on a new book of walks for the Sunshine Coast. If you’re not familiar with the area, it’s about an hour’s drive north of the city of Brisbane in Australia and extends to the resort town of Noosa and beyond.
It would be hard to find a more beautiful area for walking and exploring than the Sunshine Coast. There are golden beaches, pretty hinterland and coastal villages, rainforests and spectacular volcanic mountains. And for those, like myself and my co-author Virginia Balfour, who like to end our walk with a visit to a cafe, there seems to be an extraordinarily large number of great French patisseries and cafes along the Sunshine Coast. We always stopped in for a coffee and cake – for professional reasons of course – to check walking path notes, maps and photos!
The book is at the printers at the moment and should be in book shops by the end of November 2010, certainly in time for Christmas. You can order from bookshops now – they’ll just need the title and authors’ name: “Best Village and Coastal Walks of the Sunshine Coast” by Dianne McLay & Virginia Balfour. If you’re not in Australia, it’s possible to order directly from the publisher Woodslane and they’ll ship overseas.
Best Village & Coastal Walks of the Sunshine Coast
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I LOVE your blog! I run http://www.facebook.com/HelenesHolidayPetCare and we do lots of features on great places to walk your dog and I look forward to sharing your page with my likers!
Hi Pet Sitter – What a great job you have!
If you get a chance to look at my two walking guidebooks, (one for Brisbane and one for the Sunshine Coast) you’ll see we have notes for dog owners showing which walks are suitable for four legged friends. If you visit my Brisbane and Beyond blog, you’ll find details about the books: http://www.Brisbaneandbeyond.com.au
Cheers, Dianne