Lotus Club Queensland
Dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of the Lotus experience
Login
Register
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Membership
    • Member Login
  • Events
    • Calendar
  • Motorsport
    • Lakeside DTC Timed Laps
    • LAKESIDE DTC RESULTS
  • Magazine
  • For Sale
    • Merchandise
    • Classifieds
  • Posts
  • Galleries
  • Directory
    • Suppliers & Parts
    • Advertisers
  • Archives
lookouts-banner

Two Lookouts Tour

By Alex Molocznyk.

Following the brutal Queensland winter and the Covid lockdown incarcerations, the first run of Spring was eagerly anticipated. Peter and Leanne Drane with the advantage of local knowledge put together a great route through the back roads of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.

The September spring morning start at Landsborough was overcast with a threat of rain that fortunately did not eventuate. Some of the early arrivers had a reasonably priced, generously sized breakfast and coffee at The Steaming Cup while waiting for the start. With the formalities of the briefing every person attending received a surprise goodie bag filled for the trip with sweets, munchies and a large tube of Soodox Vytal Hand Sanitiser.

A good turn up of twelve cars were split into two groups and a short distance after the start a navigational incident had Greg and Chris’s Elan heading along a wrong road and separating from the their group. By the time they realised their situation they decided to go directly to the morning tea stop. Unfortunately they missed some of the best roads and panoramas of the day. The roads around Mount Mellum and Bald Knob were stages of the Suncoast Rally a number of years ago and were still just as enjoyable at legal road speeds.

Overcast skies dulled the otherwise spectacular Sunshine Coast views all the way to the first regroup stop at the first lookout that was a photo shoot at Howells Knob Lookout. The route continued along Lotus friendly roads descending to Mooloolah Valley for a morning tea stop at Cafe Mooloolah where reasonably priced enormously sized morning teas were enjoyed in the spring sunshine.

Three cars left the run for the second half of the drive to the second lookout and then lunch so the two groups combined into one. The route went to Mooloolah Valley then along the highway to Noosaville (the land of a thousand roundabouts) and onto a regroup at Point Arkwright Lookout for a view of the magnificent seascape extending from the north to the south of the Sunshine Coast. The sea was windblown and choppy with not much happening, but as we were leaving a sea eagle swooped in and hovered over us showing off a sizeable bream that it had caught.

Then it was a short motorway trip to the finish for lunch in Palmview at the quirky Banana Bender Pub. The Queensland themed pub reserved parking at the front and a separate balcony room for the Lotus Club. It has an extensive menu based on locally sourced ingredients and the generously sized meals went down well with everybody.

Those returning to Brisbane encountered a tediously slow end-of-holiday weekend traffic crawl. However it did not detract from the enjoyment of the rest of the day. Peter and Leanne put together a successful run that should have been named the two lookouts gourmet tour.

P9270542-2
Goody-Bag
P9270513
P9270523-2
Howells-Knob-Lookout
P9270525-1
P1030542
[Show thumbnails]
Qld Super Sprints Round 4 Glorious EMR

Related Posts

mp-banner

Events, Gallery 2022, Homepage, Racing

Morgan Park Sprints R4

kevs-banner

EMRs, Gallery 2022, Homepage

Kev’s Big Day Out

duratec-banner

Articles, Homepage, Technical

Duratec Elise – better late than never

Random images

113_1372_IMG
IMG_4895
9-Carsten-and-Tom
6-Greg-in-Lotus-61.jpg
4-Morning-tea-First-Crossing
Lotus-line
btiu-15
1.The-gathering
IMG_5294
Chris_and_Greg_Bray
Russells-Elise-1
IMG_8984
118_1811_IMG
IMG_4280
McL_09
IMG_4868
IMG_6943
IMG_4909
IMG_7751
Brisbane City Council Steam Roller
Liam-Philp-with-Jason-in-pursuit-photo-by-Trapnell-Creations
Martin-OBrien-by-SDPICS
Steve Arlidge 1989 Suzuki Swift - 2
David Holman 2007 Ford Fiesta - 1
vb-World's fastest Escort
Carol-Suzanne_gw
IMG_3386
2
unnamed-7
IMG_4398
The flying Scotsmen
Set Go
Jenny Murphy
Clive with Lachlan
dtc-1
Shane with new front suspension
_MG_4992 as Smart Object-1
Ken Philp - Terrence Mellor Trophy 3439
P1010411
IMG_7385
IMG_7349
IMG_5052
Mar-main-71
Mar-main-52
Daryl-getting-by-with-a-little-help-from-Clive
main-31a
main-29
P1010415
image_026
2006_08_27_Gympie_Skid_Pan0029
lec_0174
lec_0170
P1060103
P1060080
Assemby_Line
DSC_5291
20130511_101604
P5250019
IMG_6308
119_1970_IMG
119_1953_IMG
IMG_8924
IMG_7402
IMG_5216
IMG_5205
MG_4273
MG_3840
20090822_094
IMG_0932
P8310135
IMG_3948
2009_Maccleans_Bridge_013
073_73
191_191
1938_SS_Jaguar_100_Engine_Bay
Zaid at Noosa Surf Club
IMG_4355
Waiting for the fog to lift 2
unnamed-1
A-queue-of-clubbies
John Barram
Matt-Geoff-and-Martin
Geoff-relaxing-in-a-quiet-spot-GPitt
photo-8
award-daryl-wilson
Team-Lotus
09192021-copy2
Mike-Maggie_gw
Display-at-the-bowls-club
IMG_8649
DSC_0355
Control-unit
main-16
Dean Amos - 211
Pattys Gin Palace
IMG_0313
MG_3924
Really-think-I-should-have-the-last-piece
IMG_6146
Zaid

Recent Articles

  • Morgan Park Sprints R4
  • Kev’s Big Day Out
  • Duratec Elise – better late than never
  • Gold Rush Hill Sprint – 2022
  • Marburg Pub Run – 4 Sept 2022
  • Unique +2 Road Trip to Brisbane
  • Leyburn 2022
  • August 2022 DTC

Latest Gallery Images

20220220_093834 20220220_093818 20220220_093827 20220220_093743 20220220_093812 20220220_093730

Search articles by category

Archived articles

Lotus Club Queensland
© Lotus Club Queensland   |   Site by Black Eye Studios