We've had the loan of the in-laws 4wd so we wanted to go somewhere we could use it for a weekend. The Border Ranges National Park was decided upon. Approx. 80 miles south of Brisbane it is a lot cooler thank goodness due to the altitude and rainforest vegetation.
Evident in this picture here!
We got there on the Friday night and immediately got into the routine from the Christmas trip - pitching the tent and getting the fire going. The drive in was fun and fairly rough road, and I inadvertantly drove over a monster python ... the sign of things to come!
On the Saturday we spent a large part of the day walking about 25km through the rainforest. It was absolutely beautiful, and very rainforesty! We seemed to be walking in clouds for most of the day. The down side was that we saw 9 snakes altogether although most were small (there was a big red-bellied black though)
Here I am at the half-way point on the walk.
On Sunday morning we headed through the park in the 4wd, about 45km of rough dirt track - great fun! We're pretty much sold on getting a similar beast in the future.
Here's the Toyota Hilux with some views of New South Wales border country:
Back to work on Monday wasn't exciting, but I livened things up a little by catching my thumb on a 10mm drill bit last Thursday which meant a trip to the hospital for stitches and no football for me for a while! I have a photo of the injury I can post here if you like ... if I get e-mail repuests then I'll put it up!
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