This past weekend brought another QUEST trip. This one, up to the Hinterlands on the Gold Coast for a little fun in the Springbrook National Park.
Our first stop was to The Forest of Dreams (sounds like a place to be right?). This is where we learned a little about glow worms and headed in a cave like thing to see them. First off, I am scared of the dark. Secondly, I am afraid of worms. Why did I think this was a good idea?
But the worms were really cool to look at. They emit a blue light out of their tails to attract insects. With all of them up on the one wall, it looked a lot like a starry night which was quite beautiful when I didn't think about what was creating the light...
This is where we also fed the pretty little birds. At first they were quite shy, but how could they resist free food?
Next we went off to a the national park for a 4 km hike to 2 waterfalls. This was awesome. There is something so majestic about water tumbling down a cliff which is absent when water and a cliff are riding solo. I took a lot of pictures, and off course, my camera died, but all is well. I think I captured my excitement of the hike pretty well.
After spending a good chunk of the afternoon there, we headed to the "natural bridge." This was basically a cave that had a waterfall through the roof of it. There were bats just flying around in the cave which surprisingly enough, was easier to handle then the glow worms...
So that was my weekend. It was pretty great. The end of last week I went out to a man made beach in Southbank (10 mins on the bus away) and spend some time catching some rays. It was quite relaxing.
Now I'm fully back into the swing of classes again and needing to work on a research paper. Unfortunately, there is also work in Oz.
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