Bushwalk in Lamington National Park

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What sounds like a national park in honour of New Zealand's famous lamington desert (a sponge cake covered with chocolate and coconut sprinkles, in Australia often served with lemon) is in fact named after a governor of Queensland.

So without knowing what I was booking when I agreed to join one of Lucy Boot's trips (http://www.lucybootsbushtours.com.au) for the next day, I ended up to discover some wonderful fauna&flora of Australia's nature (view the pictures!). Lucy offers customized bushwalks, so typically you are in smaller groups and get to experience the things you want really to. She also shared a lot of her knowledge on Bushfood with us (an English couple and I).

First we passed some Alpaca (!) farm with giftshop before we arrived at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat named after an Australian bushman who rescued two survivors of a plane crash deep in the bush. Had the chance to feed wild birds who clearly lost their shyness towards humans. After making the birds leave the seeds we went for a short round in a botanical garden and a tree-top-walk! There was even a ladder you could climb up all the way on one tall tree - for people with fear of heights definitely a dare.

Our final destination was Moran Falls, a beautiful steep water fall which we reached walking a bushpath for about 3 km.

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Photos

Alpacas?
Yes it seems to be the notorious Australian Highland Alpacas, known for their wool to keep them warm in the cold nights in subtropical Queensland....wait...oh.

King Parrots
Very colourful red&green parrots...eager to pick some seeds!

Platypus
A big black lizard - forgot its actual name :(

Strangler Fig
The seeds of this plant are dropped by birds on other tree tops... its roots grow down in a long span of time, wrapping itself around the host-tree until this host-tree dies off and its the Strangler Fig left (all hollow).

Tree-top climb
up high above the ground

Moran Falls
Perhaps the rainbow is visible if you look close

Viewpoint
Lovely west-view towards the Great Dividing Range - the mountain in the middle is Mount Maroon - lets see if I get to hike that.

Tree-Snake
An non-venemous tree snake was meandering along the path - couldn't manage to hide well enough