The Coastal Track was filmed at Noosa National Park on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

Noosa is a small town about 90 minutes drive north of Brisbane, the capital of Queensland. The film follows the walking track through the national park along the coastline and across the jutting headlands between Alexandria Bay and Laguna Bay. It concludes with images of Noosa’s main beach.

Noosa National Park includes an extensive terrestrial section as well as a marine component. It is a popular tourist destination because of its spectacular scenery as well as its marvelous forest and the abundant wildlife - you will see all three in the film. As far as wildlife goes, look for the bearded dragon, the scrub turkey, the tree python and the koala. Koalas are reclusive and are rarely seen in the wild, but Noosa National Park is one place where you can see them on a regular basis, and you can often see them wide awake and active.

This section of coastline is very popular with surfers - it offers numerous points where reliable surf is nearly always found. As you wander along the meandering coastal track you often encounter surfers - a board under their arm - hurrying to get to their preferred location to catch the waves.

The coastal track that winds through Noosa National Park often skirts the beaches; when it rises, it clings to spectacular cliff-tops, all the while offering magnificent views. As it makes its way, it passes through scrubby dry sclerophyll forest as well as lush and very dense rain forest.

The film was captured using a Sony DVD201E camera in 16:9 aspect ratio Standard Definition PAL and was post-processed using Adobe Premiere Elements 3.

The soundtrack is comprised of two compositions by Philip Glass. The didgeridoo is played by Mark Atkins and the pipa is played by Wu Man. A didgeridoo is a traditional Australian Aboriginal wind instrument made from a branch from a eucalyptus tree which has been hollowed out either by termites or using fire. A pipa is an ancient Chinese stringed instrument - much like a guitar- which is played by plucking. I suggest you turn the volume up!

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