Mountains that is, in Lamington N.P.
Another beautiful park with rainforest walks, and some old volcanoes, ridges and valleys- "the Green Mountains". We stayed at an historical, family- run "retreat" and it really did feel like one. The grounds were teeming with parrots and pademelons (a subspecies of wallaby which we'd never heard of). We did an early morning bird walk and got to see one of the Bower birds that David Attenborough filmed here (remember the one that makes a bower to attract the female and fills it with all the blue objects he gathers). He had straws, plastic spoons, bottle lids.... We also were lucky to catch a glimpse of a lyrebird, he was on one of A's programmes too; The one that can imitate just about anything, chainsaws as well as other bird calls! More walks here, but less challenging, with gentle slopes down into the forest. Some amazingly corkscrewed branches, natural swings, lots of the strangler figs and trees with huge buttresses. We got covered in caterpillars at one point and followed a snake along the path a bit later!
It's a foodie area here too. I've been enjoying the macadamias.
On the way out this morning we called in to an alpaca farm. Who knew that they enjoy a good spitting session?!! Usually while you're feeding them and all over your face.
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