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Published: November 2nd 2008
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Mt Glorious
View to the west - I think - from close to the top of Mt Glorious After dumping much of our load in the abodes of the kids we headed off for a better look at the area surrounding Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. We have been through these areas many times before but have not taken the time to have a decent look around.
Mt Glorious sits 'behind' Brisbane overlooking the city. It is good that, so far, there is a reasonable stand of bush within easy striking distance of the city centre. There are some houses, picnic areas and a road but overall the area seems to provide a pretty good example of the way the place might have looked in the past.
Down the other side of the mountain we hit Esk. Pleasant little town just starting to be affected by 'incomers'. Brisbane is less than 100kms away, and there is an easier way to get there than across Mt Glorious but it is not on the coast, is perhaps a little dry and is, therefore, possibly not as popular with potential incomers. We were not convinced that any of the land for sale would suit us.
Lake Wivenhoe is one of the major water resources for the Brisbane area. The
Lake Wivenhoe
A good fire but the smoke just kept tracking her. dam is still not full. The place needs a good flood to get things back into kilter again. There is pretty good camping in a few places around the Lake. We camped at a place called Captain Logan's Camp - for no reason that we were able to determine but then we didn't really try that hard. It was early in the week so there were very few other campers in the area. Just 4 of the 50 odd sites were in use. The price was right at less than $10 for the camp for 2 of us. Fireplaces, toilets and even a hot shower. Who could complain? Well we could a little because the way they have it set up it is difficult to get the vehicle close to the camp. Unloading food is a nuisance with the variety of critters that hang about looking for a feed so we prefer to keep it in the ute. But we found a site that was OK.
This particular camp site is apparently one where the relevant authorities release koalas into the wild. Not surprisingly, during the night, we had koalas grunting about the place. Apparently the grunting was the
Sugar Gliders
They have built a nest in a bin - with a lid attached. Somehow they are able to get in and out of the bin to feed at night. Not a bad nest really except for the interruptions of campers looking in. sound of the males. The females make a more feminine sound and the juveniles squeak - so said the ranger bloke who was there.
We decided to track on north to Benarkin, Blackbutt, Yarraman, Nanango and Kingaroy. We were actually not that interested in going as far as Kingaroy but, given that it was only 40 odd kms from Nanango it seemed that we should make the effort to see the home town of old Country Joh. As country towns go it is all right but we saw nothing special.
Camped that night in the Benarkin State Forest. There are a couple of camp areas a little over 16kms in from the main road. The road in was good, certainly good enough for a logging truck to bowl along at a speed that I had not contemplated. A couple of pretty steep climbs and drops and we made it to Emu Creek. There were no other campers in either of the two camping areas so it took as a while to select a site. Far too many options available. It was possible though to gather firewood from all of the other camp sites and set ourselves up really
Lake Wivenhoe
So keen for a feed that he tried to take the food from the fire itself. nicely.
The camp is on Emu Creek which is the boundary of the State Forest. The other side is cattle country and a mob came to visit during the night. They couldn't, or didn't, come through the fence. There is a nice walk of about 3.5km along the creek from one camp to another. We didn't go the whole way. It was late and the Brufen hadn't kicked in yet.
From Benarkin we headed generally in an easterly direction through Kilcoy, Villeneuve, Woodford and on to Maleny. From there we headed out along the Maleny - Kenilworth road. The area is beautiful and probably seemed more so because we had come from an area which was a lot less lush.
We camped at Booloumba Creek in the Kenilworth State Forest. The camp is about 10kms in from the main road. A beautiful camp site in the rain forest. There was one other camp occupied. There were about 25 camp sites and, while some were better situated than others, most were good. Another walk through the rainforest to get the blood pumping. Again the wildlife provided some interesting times.
We had a pretty good look around the
Lake Wivenhoe
Locals who snuck in so they wouldnt have to pay Kenilworth area and then on towards the east through Mapleton, Nambour and Gympie camping that night in Tin Can Bay, this time in a motel. Next day moved through the Gympie, Kin Kin, Wolvi, Pomona areas and ended up at Buderim before heading back to Brisbane.
Very nice Yum Cha in Brisbane's China Town this morning and a walk from the Valley to the City in search of a good price on one or two final items for our further travels.
Off to NZ on Tuesday for a month or so travelling around in a camper van.
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