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Extreme picnic at Mt Tamborine!

posted by: Sharrie on Monday, June 30, 2008

location: Mount Tambourine, Australia

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So on Saturday Johnnie and I went for an extreme picnic at Mt Tamborine! Well, not extreme really I'm just trying to get your attention! We went to Mt Tamborine for some bush walks and we also had a lovely picnic at a sunny picnic ground at Witches Falls national park which incidentally was the first national park in Queensland.

We went for a bushwalk down to the Cedar Creek Falls, which were very nice and had lots of water flowing over them. We wanted to go for a nudie swim but there were people around.

Ok, so by now you've realised that the before mentioned Johnnie is also writing this entry... 'nudie'????

Cedar Creek Falls was gorgeous, one of the things we loved best about it was that you could actually move off the path and go right to the falls. There's some beautiful rock formations that just begged to be sunned upon and I can imagine that it would be absolutely irresistable in the summer!

We also checked out the Witches Falls, but were disappointed at the complete lack of witches around the joint. The falls were good though, long vertical stone columns along the cliff face.

After that we had lunch at the picnic grounds above the Witches Falls where the only thing that spoiled the moment was the main road only a few metres away.

We also had a beer at the local pub, St. Bernards, named after the dog. And, lo and behold, there was a giant St. Bernard strolling around the inside of the pub uninhibited! I feared that he would surely swallow me whole.

But he was beautiful and had the waitresses in the palm of his, uh paw. Of course, Mt Tamborine is also known for its arts and crafts which we didn't even check out this time because, alas, we were due for a nanna nap! We didn't even get some of their world famous fudge!

So we went home for a nanna nap and that's the end of this story!

THE END

Cedar Creek Falls: The falls from a distance
Cedar Creek Falls
Cedar Creek Falls 2: The falls from above
Cedar Creek Falls 2
Sharon!
Sharon!

Notes

Thursday, July 3, 2008
nicksim_f said:
haha. nudie swims and nana naps... thats john alright :)

we will have to go on a picnic and bushwalk like this when i return. i have been wanting to get into nature for months now. perfectly aligned trees just dont cut it.

see you soon.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
hahaha, this is too funny!
I surely hope that whilst in the midst of extremeness that is witches falls, you went to the cheese shop and did some tasting?!
They have really awesome goats-milk icecream there too (and it must be good, because I got car sick and threw it up on the side of the road on the way home... and still like it! haha).
Where did you end up going for the friday night?
Talk soon! x

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The mysterious forest of Witches Falls
The mysterious forest of Witches Falls
Johnnie!
Johnnie!
Gold Coast in the distance
Gold Coast in the distance