Yesterday we had a delayed but otherwise uneventful flight to Gold Coast.
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| Leaving Sydney |
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| Leaving Sydney |
We collected the car and drove out to the house, via a 'Wholefood Restaurant' run by that old farmer.
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| House and car |
The house is built over the side of a private lake and is surrounded by trees and birds.
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| Lake |
After a good sleep we headed out to investigate the Springbrook National Park which is on our doorstep.
First we went to Purling Brook Falls where we hoped to do a 4km walk but sadly (😉) it was closed due to heavy rain recently? But it meant that the falls were in fine form.
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| Purling Brook Falls |
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| Purling Brook Falls |
The we drove on to Natural Bridge, another water feature. It too had a section of the path closed but we were able to see the phenomenon, a river that forced its way through the roof of a cave.
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| River |
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| Cave |
Even more interesting than water crashing trough a cave ( even if it was a basalt cave ) were the bent-wing bats that live in the cave. Here is a video .......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7BwY2Wu6FY
We still had not had a walk so we took our picnic to a nearby picnic area by a river and dined.
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| Picnic by a river |
We then drove to another part of the park and finally got our walk through rainforest.
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| Rainforest |
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| Walkers |
Then back to the house via the butcher to buy meat for the BBQ as a surfer friend of James' was joining us for a meal. Much meat and wine followed.
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