Out and About South East Queensland

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We have been fortunate to explore some amazing beauty spots around Greater Brisbane over the past few months and have fun exploring the high and low lands and we have enjoyed so many new places we plan to revisit again hopefully with our friends and family.

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Photos

Sunset over the Glass House Mountains from Bribie Island
A drive north east of Brisbane takes you out along the Bruce Highway and a road to Bribie Island. Connected to the mainland by a long cuaseway Bribie is a popular holiday resort with sandy beaches on the west side if the island.

Shorncliffe
A great cycle path starts at Shorncliffe and travels north to Scarborough Point with views out towards the sea all along the way. There are some great fish and chip shops and ice cream parlours to stop at along the way.

Brisbane Forest Park
Brisbane Forest Park is a short drive north out of Brisbane and offers some fascinating walks. There is jollys Lookout and some great views overlooking Redcliffe. The forests are a living example of a subtropical Rainforest and Temperate Forest with Gum trees and Strangler Figs which adorn the trees.

Mount Nebo
Looking south towards the D'Aguilar Range and Mount Glorious.

Looking across to the Glass House Mountains.
We came upon this beautiful view after a 4 Wheel Drive through some very dusty terrain in search of some hidden creeks and off track walks. The open pasture fields stretched as far as the Glass House Mountains where herds of cattle grazed amongst the Gum trees.

Springbrook National Park
A walk down a steep path lead us to Purling Brook Falls with our friends Anne Marie and Mark.

Purling Brook Falls.
This waterfall cascades 100m into a deep rainforest valley lined with palms and tree ferns.

Antartic Beech Forest
Beyond the falls you could walk through a 2,000 year old beech forest. The temperature was considerably colder and the moss and ferns thrived in this environment.

Spring Brook Plateau
Walking through the forest lead to a number of impressive lookouts across the plateau which were partly shrouded in cloud.

Heading south west out of Brisbane
Within an hour of leaving home we found ourselves on straight open roads with vast grazing lands spreading out towards the Great Dividing Range Mountains.

View from Cunningham Lookout
It is difficult to believe that such open spaces are so close at hand. Its here you realise what a huge state Queensland is.

Lake Moogerah
West of Boonah we had a picnic lunch beside the lake. It is used as a reservior as well as a recreational lake that serves South East Queensland.

Coolangatta Beach
A weekend spent at Coolangatta was a pleasant place to rest and sit on the beach and read the newspapers. Just an hours drive from Brisbane makes it a quick getaway spot to recharge the batteries.

A Rocky Peninsula
At the headland point of Coolangatta Beach there is a short walk round to Point Danger and some great views of the Gold Coast in the distance.

Comments

[alex Murphy]

Jealous
All looks lovely, especially the trips inland. We never headed West from Brisbane. It looks rather nice. The last one "A Rocky Peninsula" looks like Snapper Rocks on the edge of Rainbow Beach where the hold the Quiksilver Pro. I am so very jealous, I really do love it there. I am glad you are making trips out at the weekends and exploring a bit. I regret having not made more our the opportunity. xxx