АвстралияState of QueenslandGold CoastSurfers ParadiseSurfers Paradise Beach28°0’12” S 153°25’47” E
7 июля 2018 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 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 ofЧитать далее
АвстралияState of QueenslandGold CoastMain BeachMacintosh Island27°59’5” S 153°24’51” E
8 июля 2018 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 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 theЧитать далее
АвстралияState of QueenslandScenic RimMount Roberts28°11’45” S 153°11’30” E
12 июля 2018 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌧 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 previousЧитать далее
АвстралияState of QueenslandScenic RimNorth Tamborine27°56’24” S 153°10’47” E
13 июля 2018 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 getЧитать далее
АвстралияState of QueenslandGold CoastNatural BridgeMount Mumdjin28°14’35” S 153°15’54” E
13 июля 2018 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 ourЧитать далее
АвстралияState of New South WalesTweedMount Burrell28°30’22” S 153°12’38” E
14 июля 2018 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 weЧитать далее
АвстралияState of New South WalesByron ShireMinynonMinynon Falls28°36’45” S 153°23’25” E
14 июля 2018 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 bitЧитать далее
АвстралияState of New South WalesClarence ValleyUlmarraSweeneys Creek29°37’52” S 153°1’40” E
14 июля 2018 г., Австралия ⋅ 🌙 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 intoЧитать далее
АвстралияState of New South WalesClarence ValleyNymboida29°55’32” S 152°44’51” E
15 июля 2018 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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 shorterЧитать далее
АвстралияState of New South WalesGuyraEbor30°24’12” S 152°20’34” E
15 июля 2018 г., Австралия ⋅ ☀️ 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. WeЧитать далее
