Coolum Beach

Start this walk from the surfclub at coolum.  Tickle Park was named after ob Tickle, a beachcomber who built a shack here in the 1930s and was well known for the regeneration of the sand dunes right along the beach. 

You can proceed norht along the beach, past the caravan park and follow the path through Lions Park to the Stumers Creek Road.  Along this track there are many there are many coastal banksias, loved by a myriad of small honeyeaters and casuarinas, whose seedpods are a necessary food for the huge yellow tailed black cockatoos.

The brown-black rocks, which are sometimes exposed at the mouth of the creek are known as coffee rock.  They are pre-ice age and were formed from layers of vegetation submerged under the sand.  The walk along the beach back to Tickle Park may present a variety of views of sea 'life' from the whales breaching (in season) to marine specimens, such as seahorses, washed up on the sand.

An easy 2.5km walk.
Special Features: Birds, picnic tables and BBQ's.
Toilets at Tickle Park, Lions Park and Stumers Creek Carpark

Compiled by Ray Barber - another local legend
Courtesy of Coolum Area Parks Society