2017 SunCruiser West Coast

The
Iconically
BY PERRY MACK
CANADIAN
Sunshine Coast
Sunshine Coast Tourism
Starting in 1972, the west coast of Canada
streamed into homes across the nation in
the form of the images of the iconic television
series the Beachcombers, where Nick
Adonidas (Bruno Gerussi), a Greek-Canadian
log salvager cruised the waterways
of the Sunshine Coast in search of errant
logs. While your opportunity to earn a spot
in the series passed with the series end in
1990, you can live the dream cruising into
Nick’s hometown of Gibson and entering
his favourite diner, Molly’s Reach.
Location, location, location. You’ll
repeat this mantra as your eyes follow the
spires of trees upward along the vertiginous
spine of mountain peaks. Deep fjords
disappear around rocky crags seductively
beckoning their exploration. Raging rapids
and surging tidal waters guard secluded
beaches and isolated waterfalls.
Here, the Coast Mountains are guardians
of the region and bar your entry by
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