Glass House Mountains

We headed to D’Aguilar National Park for a leisurely 12km walk. The walk lead us through thick forest and was supposed to pass a scenic lookout at the half way mark. The clouds unfortunately never lifted and we were stuck with thick mist and staring into a blank white void.

Our original plan after the walk was to backtrack to the Gold Coast amusement parks as the weather was supposed to be warmer. We opted to scrap this plan and continue and head towards the Glasshouse Mountains for some better hiking. On the way we saw signs for the Australian Zoo and thought that would be a good alternative to the amusement parks on the morrow. There are a few good hikes around the Glasshouse Mountains and rock climbing. We lucked out and had just enough light left in the day to summit Mt. Ngungun (253 m). It was only 30 minute walk to the top but the views were brilliant. The glass mountain are singular rock formations kind of like large sea stacks in the middle of flat farm land so the views of the other mountains, farmland and ocean stretch to the horizon. It seems the route we did is also a popular running track. At the end of the day we finally found a great free campsite in Australia. We’ll probably stay here a couple nights.Read more