Whilst most people go to Australia to lie on a beach, drink lots of homogenous lager, eat bbq food and generally kick back – not us. Within 24 hours of arriving in Brissy we were off on adventures into the Gold Coast hinterland kicking off with some leg stretchers at Springbrook NP. This was followed up with yet another cloud ridden visit up Mount Warning. A zip round to the Granite Belt to look at rocks that apparently looked like Turtles and Sphinx’s was then followed with a trip to Fraser Island – home of the dingo and jumbo spiders.
By this stage we had managed to knock up 150kms (that’s walking not driving), and it was time to visit the Simpsons to have some holiday. A day trip to Australia Zoo to view all the animals we never saw in the bush. Nik even managed to find the mosquito enclosure, adding another 4 bites to her total. Then a couple of days were spent in Lamington with all of us praying Shayno wouldn’t go in to labour early. At this point exercise became side lined to the temptation of pies, hot cross buns and the demon drink – we did however avoid paying over a tenner for imported Tennents Super! A few games of finger football and a fantastic brunch later, we were on the plane heading home.
Key Stats:
Walked 154 km
Insect bites: 22
Snakes: 6
Dingos: 3
Jumbo Spiders in Tent: 1
Smelly Fungus: 1
Big Eels: 1
Blue Crayfish: 3
Pies, Tim Tams and Grog: too many to count
Phil & Nik
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