Palm Grove Circuit

Tamborine Mountain

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February 8th 2009
Having picked up the campervan (with a broken speedo!) we headed South to Tamborine Mountain, a volcanic plateau about 40km from the Goldcoast. The areas forests were declared Queenslands first national park in 1908 and provide great short (ish) jungle walks and stunning views. We'd been told about the area by Marcus and Eliza and were really pleased we spent a couple of days there. There arent ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more