AustraliëSurfers Paradise Beach28°0’12” S 153°25’47” E
7 juli 2018, Australië ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
38 hours after leaving my front door, via a train, tube, 3 flights and 2 more trains I arrived at Surfers Paradise, just south of Brisbane in Queensland. It's sort of L.A. crossed with Newquay kind ofMeer informatie
AustraliëMacintosh Island27°59’5” S 153°24’51” E
8 juli 2018, Australië ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
After registering, two lovely Grade 8 boys gave me an excellent tour of their school. We were then officially welcomed through an indigineous smoking ceremony before the introductory plenaries to theMeer informatie
AustraliëMount Roberts28°11’45” S 153°11’30” E
12 juli 2018, Australië ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
After three exhausting but brilliant days of conference, Ben and I headed out from the Gold Coast last night, me still holding on to my horrific cold which has cost me my voice. We spent the previousMeer informatie
AustraliëNorth Tamborine27°56’24” S 153°10’47” E
13 juli 2018, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
A brief jaunt north this morning took us to Tamborine Mountain - a plateau of rainforest and waterfalls up a 17% gradient road. The rock pools at the base of Cedar Falls gave me an opportunity to getMeer informatie
AustraliëMount Mumdjin28°14’35” S 153°15’54” E
13 juli 2018, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Continuing our National Park tour of Australia, we headed to Springbrook National Park. Annoyingly this meant dropping south into a dead end so we'd have to return north to go south again on ourMeer informatie
AustraliëMount Burrell28°30’22” S 153°12’38” E
14 juli 2018, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Our final stop of the day, and home for the night, was Silk Pavilions, nestled between about 5 National Parks. Greeted by our super-friendly host Steve, we were made so welcome from the moment weMeer informatie
AustraliëMinynon Falls28°36’45” S 153°23’25” E
14 juli 2018, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
A cracking and toasty night sleep later, we went for a walk around the creek path before departing from Steve and the Silk Pavilions, and heading for Nightcap National Park. The route in was a bitMeer informatie
AustraliëSweeneys Creek29°37’52” S 153°1’40” E
14 juli 2018, Australië ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
A seemingly endless two hour drive, back through windy, narrow avenues and down onto the Pacific Highway aiming to Ulmarra.
The town is little more than one street; the hotel at a dead end road intoMeer informatie
AustraliëNymboida29°55’32” S 152°44’51” E
15 juli 2018, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Today turned out to be exactly the reason I love travelling - the unplanned adventure. Over breakfast we were tossing up between two routes...a longer route through two national parks or a shorterMeer informatie
AustraliëEbor30°24’12” S 152°20’34” E
15 juli 2018, Australië ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We continued from Nymboida down the Waterfall Way - a route of over 100km that took in waterfalls at national parks through a windy, undulating, pot-holed, tree-lined and occasionally narrow road. WeMeer informatie
