The Big Adventure Continues: Next Stop Conondale NP

Wash day

Ancient rain forest, cascading waterfalls, crystal clear creeks, tall open forest, expansive views and a wonderful variety of wildlife including more than 120 species of birds and many mammals. We were fortunate to observe a mother yellow-bellied glider with her baby one evening when spotlighting. We had planned on staying at the Booloumba Creek but the access was closed due to flooding - we were fortunate that the Charlie Morefiled campground had just been reopened - a beautiful spot! Rob got swooped by a cheeky Kookaburra who made off with half of his wrap and almost a few fingers but he survived...

Day 1: we caught up on washing and just hung out reading up on the walks and the area. Rob rigged up a shower which was really nice for the first minute or so with the water in the hose that had been heated in the sun but after that you just had to grit your teeth!

Rob's Bush Shower

Mt Allan Fire Tower

Day 2: Some areas of the park were closed but we decided to walk over to Booloumba Creek and see if we could walk to the Mount Allan fire tower (Part of the Great Walk). The effect of the floods was obvious - some places 3 metres plus above normal river height, new footbridge just demolished, roads washed out. The views from the top of the tower were spectacular - the day's walk would have been around 28km - tough going but well worth it! Camp oven to die for, then bed.

Day 3: Anne woke and could hardly move - over done it maybe?? A lazy day exploring around the camp. Although we had to walk in to the Rangers Station to make some phone calls (as Rob forgot to take phone numbers with us the day before where we would have had reception from the fire tower). So off we set (5km each way) but when we got there discovered the phone number was wrong anyway. Needless to say Rob was in the bad books but made up for it by giving Anne a good "deep tissue" massage. Great park some pics below of the area taken on our hikes....