Mt Tamborine

[emma_in_dream]

My favourite parts of our holiday, part one.


We went to Mt Tamborine which was an interesting mix of rainforest and gums. I had previously seen the rainforests at Daintree and Lamington so this liminal mix was interesting.


Our vile GPS sent us up the world’s craziest path, not the one intended for use by motor vehicles but a one lane track that went over a one lane bridge with no sides. I’ve circled it on the map as it is appears only as an intermittently dotted line. The way down was way less terrifying because we went down the hairpin bends and 25% inclines we had previously ascended on a proper road.


At the top we went to the Skywalk, which had a café with a great view of a deep valley which had not had much logging. My mum enjoyed the view from the balcony as I took the kids for a walk along the rails through the top canopy and path for the lower canopy. There were amazing views at every point.


I should also add that the café had a wide selection of gluten free food and was literally the only place we went in the whole holiday where Ruby was able to choose items off the menu like a regular person. There were even multiple dessert options and she took a photo of her sweet.


Overall, 10/10 for the place, 1/10 for getting there (1 for not actually having died en route).

Comments

[fred_mouse]

There must be something about that area. When youngest and I were there four years ago, we ended up taking a dirt road that was barely a road, where some of the shaping of the road to control water was so high that I was terrified of taking the car over it, and went almost sideways so as not to break the car (we still ended up with a flat tyre later that day, which might have been because of that)

[emma_in_dream]

The mountain of terror.

[fred_mouse]

Absolutely