Woke up in the morning a lot warmer than the one before. T-Shirt and
socks most likely helped a lot. And a nice warm shower after
breakfast was just the right thing for the morning.
As Chris and Jana were
both going to Lamington National Park today I decided to tag along,
as doing the walks with other people is most likely more fun than
alone. Said good bye to Simon and headed of. We drove for quite a
while and after passing through …. we carried on for a bit longer.
Chris pulled over and sort of asked where we were as we seemed to
have gone a bit to far. Turned around and went back to Canungra where
we then turned of towards Lamington. To get there we travelled along
a really windy road. The closest resemblance would be a pass in the
Alps somewhere, just with a lot narrower roads. We got stuck behind a
really slow driving vehicle towards the end, but got to the top in
the end. At the top we went to the tourist information and asked what
walks could be started mid afternoon (our time of arrival) to which
we then got directions for a tree top walk and a waterfall.
We took the wrong turn
for the tree top walk and ended up walking past the end of it, but
doubled back and did it. Fun for those of us who aren't afraid of
heights.
After the tree top walk
we carried on to the waterfall, which took a while of walking. It's
surprising how late it can appear in a jungle like forest. Due to the
canopy, everything is a lot darker, double so once you get in to
valley and the temperature drops, too. We reached the waterfall in
good time, but had to do some clambering over wet rocks to get to it
in the end (which mostly went without a hitch). Pictorial waterfall,
but after a few pictures we left again, as time (and the sun) where
against us.
On the way back we
stopped at the tree top walk again and climbed right to the top on to
a platfrom. We couldn't do it before as there where so many people
lining up for it, but the second try yielded better results with no
one else there. The view was rather... pointless actually. All we
could see was the branches. I guess it sort of can be an educational
thing on the different layers of trees, but no view. Went back down
and walked back to the cars (playing some table tennis on the way and
feeding some birds). Hopped back in and set of for a camp somewhere
near Brisbane. Chris has got an app that shoes all the camps in
Australia, one I will be getting as well (probably).
After just managing to
follow him along a packed motorway and city in rush hour (he had a
blue eski on the roof which helped immensely) we got to a camp site
and had some dinner before heading to bed.
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