Great Dividing Range (March '07)

What a fun bunch! - Blue Mountains

Most of our holiday was spent on a 13 day tour of the Great Dividing Range starting in the Blue Mountains just outside Sydney and then heading north as far as Noosa and Fraser Island up in Queensland. In the event, we were the only people on the tour and so the three of us and John and Ros Thompson, our hosts, made up a very small but very pleasant group. It was the lap of luxury all the way this time staying in nice motels and forest lodges, drinking wine with dinner and travelling in a brand new, custom-built truck which, despite being likened to a bin lorry at one point, was comfortable, fully air-conditioned and had a fridge for those cold drinks which are essential after trekking for hours through the bush.

Nice truck!

Being a walking holiday, we spent most of the time walking. We were ridiculously lucky with the weather too with the only really rainy day occurring on what was primarily a travelling day. It wasn't too hot either so the walking, although raising a healthy glow, wasn't too painful!
And you too can enjoy a friendly and fun trip through the Australian bush with John and Ros! Check out the many opportunities at their website here.

Heading further north....

Deep gorges and waterfalls in Oxley Wild Rivers NP near Armidale

Above the clouds early morning in New England NP

Granite country around Girraween NP on the NSW-QLD border

Rainforest in Ravensbourne NP - Home to the Wompoo fruit-dove!

Noosa and the Pacific Ocean

Volcanic plugs of the Glass House Mountains just north of Brisbane