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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Glasshouse Mountains NP September 1st 2008

I kicked off my weekend by spending hours in the park chatting to my friend Mariko. Much to my amusement as we talked a parrot kept popping in and out of a hole in a tree directly behind Mariko. The parrots are definitely something I will never tire of. Afterwards my friend Aimee had us up to her apartment for drinks (only a few too many:) ) where we met our new friends from Norway. They are a couple here on a university exchange and they are alot of fun. We are slightly worried we have corrupted them (apperently in Norway you do not engage in any illegal activities...which of course I don't either dad :) but they seem to enjoy our outgoing personalities. Saturday was a series of unfortunate events involving drunk Kiwi men...luckily they ... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Glasshouse Mountains NP August 16th 2008

This morning Chris's parents flew into Brisbane, rented a car, and met us at the University of the Sunshine Coast. First we showed them the kangaroos then we took them to Mooloolaba to show them the ocean and grab something to eat at the Hog's Breath cafe. Here I learned that there is no ketchup, only tomato sauce. It's a lot thicker than American ketchup. After some debate about what to do we decided to first walk around the area a little to look at a few mansions, and then drive over to the Glass House Mountains. *These mountains were formed as molten lava cooled to form hard rock in the cores of volcanoes between 26-27 million years ago. The source of the lava was from the East Australia hotspot. The surrounding softer rocks have been ... read more
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Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Glasshouse Mountains NP February 27th 2008

Brisbane. We head into Brisbane with not much planned. We take a tourist highway up through the Glasshouse Mountains and view these volcanic plugs from a great lookout spot. It's sunday and there's a big Harley ride going on. There must be 30 or so bikes. Funny to see so many American bikes in Australia, proving they really are iconic. We take some pictures and head down the mountain and still towards Brisbane. As we hit the city limits, we see where we should have turned to get to the caravan park we missed and chuckle. The bypass took us 10km north of it and it was supposed to be 15km north of the city. We locate a mall about 5km away and decide to explore. We catch a lunch and movie there. Two funny things ... read more
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The Beast

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Glasshouse Mountains NP February 24th 2008

Vor langer, langer Zeit gab es eine Familie an der Sunshine Coast, nördlich von dem Ort, an dem nun Brisbane liegt. Der Vater hieß Tibrogargan, die Mutter Beerwah. Beide hatten viele Kinder die sich um sie scharten. Der älteste Sohn trug den Namen Coonowrin. Tibrogargan, der Vater, stellte eines Tages fest, dass der Wasserspiegel des Ozeans stärker als sonst anstieg und bat seinen ältesten Sohn, Coonowrin, seine schwangere Mutter zu einem sicheren Platz zu geleiten. Doch der feige Coonowrin war so voller Angst, dass er floh und seine Mutter in stich ließ. Ausser sich vor Wut über die Feigheit seines ältesten Sohnes schlug Tibrogargan diesen so fest, dass Coonowrin’s Rücken brach und fortan als Buckeliger in der Welt leben musste. Nachdem die Gefahr vorüber war, bereuhte Coonowrin sein Verhalten und bat seinen Vater, seine Mutter und ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Glasshouse Mountains NP January 17th 2008

On the 17/1 we took the Greyhound bus service to a small town called Caloundra, which is where Steve Irwin grew up. A fairly nice town with little for tourists apart from the activities out of town. On arrival we booked a car for the following day to allow us to explore the Glasshouse Mountain and the Hinterland region. On the 18/1 we were up and on the road by 7am heading towards the Glasshouse Mountains, named by captain Cook as they (apparently) look like the glass furnaces from his native Yorkshire. First stop was the Glasshouse mountains lookout so we could have a look at the range and the 4 major peaks. All around is flat land with mountains rising from nowhere. After a short walk through the Eucalyptus forest we headed out to Mt ... read more
The Glass House Mountains
Australia Zoo
How cute! First Koala we've seen

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Glasshouse Mountains NP October 2nd 2007

After the Whitsundays we headed south and inland to a huge farm to play cowboys for a few days. Big camp fires, booze, horses, cows and a sheep called Holly - ha ha how amusing? Everyone thought it was the funniest thing since Claire thought a bit of wood was a crocodile. There were a few other people staying too, a family who had emigrating from England to Brisbane, weird bunch, annoying (and that's being polite), and...not a sight for sore eyes. Honestly this woman made Oddball look like Brad Pitt, and actually made us all tolerate him a lot more, a silver lining. Anyway, the weirdo family zapped most of our energy, it was hard to not strangle the super oddball woman, but I managed not to, there was no way I was getting any ... read more
Before the ride
What's that? There's a man trapped down a well

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Glasshouse Mountains NP February 10th 2007

For a challenge I thought I would climb (and walk up) the four main legal peaks of the Glass House Mountains in a day. Mt Coonowrin is currently closed for climbing due to lose rocks. According to the aboriginal dream time story each of the peaks represents a member of a family. Mt Beerwah was the pregnant mother, Mt Tibrogargan the father, Mt Coonowrin the eldest son and the rest of the hills the other children. The eldest son would not help his mother escape from the rising sea instead running away with fear, the father struck Coonowrin, resulting in the crocked neck. Later Coonowrin would beg for forgiveness but the family could only weep in shame (resulting in the many small creeks in the region). The white fella version of the creation of the mountains ... read more
Mt Coonowrin
The Shadows
Mt Beerwah

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Glasshouse Mountains NP January 20th 2007

Comet McNaught has turned out to be the brightest comet in the past 40 years, at its peak it was just bright enough to see during the day. The comet was discovered by Robert McNaught at Siding Springs Observatory in Australia during a regular survey of the sky for asteroids and comets. The comet made its closest approach to the sun on the 12th of January and is now speeding away from the Sun and Earth. Sighting 1 (17th Jan 2007) - from the loo After hearing about the comet I made my first attempt at viewing the comet from the loo (toilet) of my flat. The loo has the best view of the South-West where the comet is located and after scanning the sky with binoculars I managed to find it. There are trees and ... read more
Mt Beerwah and Mt Coonowrin
Sunset from Mt Ngungun
Comet McNaught from Mt Coot-tha

Oceania » Australia » Queensland » Glasshouse Mountains NP November 12th 2006

Odie and I both wanted to see a couple of the national parks near Brisbane so, after realising that we didn't get on each other's nerves too much, we hired a car and hit the road. Due to a shortage of Corollas, we were upgraded to a Holden Commodore for the same price, which was only the first of several pieces of good fortune during the trip. With Odie being on holiday from work rather than on an extended vacation, I was pleased to hear that she liked the idea of motels and restaurants rather than dorms and 2 minute noodles. First stop was the Glasshouse Mountains, less than an hour north of Brisbane (I'd actually passed them in the Greyhound from Rainbow Beach), 9 pinnacles jutting unexpectedly out of the plain. Quite why Captain Cook ... read more
Beerwah and Coonowrin
Beerwah and Coonowrin
Coonowrin




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