So my attempts to get my thesis in by the latest deadline were in vain. Having moved back the Queensland flights once already, I decided I may as well just go, and worry about the thesis again later.
Brisbane – Arrive, collect supplies
Main Range NP – Camp at Spicer’s Gap, hike
Mt French NP – Visit Frog Buttress
Border Ranges NP – Camp and listen to the bellbirds
Nimbin – Drive through with a quick stop to wander around and be amazed at all the tourist rubbish and doped out hippies
Byron Bay – Swim in the ocean, visit the lighthouse and the Eastern-most point of mainland Australia
Nightcap NP – Camp overnight, find a tick on me shortly before going to bed, generally dislike the spooky atmosphere
Lamington NP – Visit alpacas on the way up, be amazed at the windy road with all its one way sections, set up camp surrounded by brush turkeys and pademelons, do some day hikes, then an overnight hike out to Echo Point
Brisbane – Collect supplies on the way through
Nambour area – Stay overnight in relative civilisation, visit a guinea pig called Sid who lives with a harem of other guinea pigs, and a bunch of lorikeets that continually run around in the cage chasing the guinea pigs around, and out of the hollow logs lying on the ground, visit glassblowers
Great Sandy NP, Tin Can Bay and Rainbow Sands – Wander around and camp the night
Glasshouse Mountains – Hike up Ngungun, climb at Ngungun, do some hikes around the area, fail to ascend either Beerwah or Tibrogargan due to the extreme windiness, and curse the fact
Brisbane – A couple of climbs at Kangaroo Point, and catch the flight home again
