7 juillet 2018, Australie ⋅ 🌙 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 ofEn savoir plus
8 juillet 2018, Australie ⋅ 🌙 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 theEn savoir plus
AustralieState of QueenslandScenic RimMount Roberts28°11’45” S 153°11’30” E
12 juillet 2018, Australie ⋅ 🌧 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 previousEn savoir plus
AustralieState of QueenslandScenic RimNorth Tamborine27°56’24” S 153°10’47” E
13 juillet 2018, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 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 getEn savoir plus
AustralieState of QueenslandGold CoastNatural BridgeMount Mumdjin28°14’35” S 153°15’54” E
13 juillet 2018, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 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 ourEn savoir plus
AustralieState of New South WalesTweedMount Burrell28°30’22” S 153°12’38” E
14 juillet 2018, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 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 weEn savoir plus
14 juillet 2018, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 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 bitEn savoir plus
14 juillet 2018, Australie ⋅ 🌙 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 intoEn savoir plus
AustralieState of New South WalesClarence ValleyNymboida29°55’32” S 152°44’51” E
15 juillet 2018, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 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 shorterEn savoir plus
AustralieState of New South WalesGuyraEbor30°24’12” S 152°20’34” E
15 juillet 2018, Australie ⋅ ☀️ 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. WeEn savoir plus
