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Walkers: Steve (leader, Cassie, Pamela, John, Werner, Colin. Distance: 7.1k
A wonderful day to climb Flinders Peak. Cool to start and not too warm to finish.
A small, enthusiastic group was able to keep the pace moving and this enabled us to spend a long time at the summit admiring the spectacular views in the bright sunshine - Colin
Walkers: Louise, Cassie, Steve, Susan, Pam, John, Melissa, Paula, Colin, Christine. Distance: 25.1k
Yesterday proved me a failure as a walk leader. Firstly we started a bit later than the planned 9.00am, then because I was not a good Girl Guide and had left my printed directions at home we took a wrong turn and ended up walking perhaps an extra 2km before realising our mistake.
Recce Group - Walkers: Louise, Nicola & Colin. Distance: 13.2k
TMB Group - Walkers: Christine D, Susan, Joy, Peter & Sue, John, Melissa, Grahame & Helen, Colin. Distance: 9.3k
Magnificent SE Qld weather for the walk up to the Lower Portals from the Lower Portals Car Park. Started off cold but quickly warmed up to a bright, sunny day without a cloud in the sky..
We had smoko at Barney Creek before making our way to the Lower Portals and after discussion about the low water in Barney Creek decided to rock hop around the rocky outcrop to the magnicent, clear pond.beyond.
Walkers: Steve (leader), Wendy, Paul, Melissa, Michele & Gary, Christine D, John, Helen, Colin
Distance: 16.6k
Magnificent SE Qld weather for the walk up Mt Mitchell via Box Forest Walk from the Picnic Area 1.5k south of The Gap Car Park.
This is now the traditional start for walks from here as the Gap Car Park is usually hectic and the Picnic Area is such a picturesque, secluded spot. Starting from here it adds about 3.0k to all the walks making the drive here much more worthwhile.
We had Smoko overlooking Mt Cordeaux before making our way to the summit where we stopped for lunch admiring the 360 degree views in the warm sunshine.
Walkers: John (leader), Steve & Wendy, Pam D, Margaret, Paul, Melissa, Joy, Michele & Gary, Christine D, Susan, Elizabeth, Jill, Julie, Colin
Distance: 14.3k
Thanks to all who attended the Currumbin Ramble walk on Saturday 9th June.
The area is one of the more spectacular areas of the Gold Coast. Special thanks to Joy who assisted in the recce.
Even though the Currumbin Beach low tide was a bit more difficult to arrange… timing for the whole walk was close enough to what was planned.
Walkers: Colin (leader),Steve & Wendy, Paul, Michele, Helen & Grahame, Cassie & Stewart, Toni & Rob, Julie
Distance: 13.8k
Another wonderful walk that had everything from bright sunshine to drizzling rain and fog. Lammington National Park is at its best in these conditions.
A planned walk and abseil demonstration of Denham Falls down the wonderful Back Creek Gorge was called off as managing the slippery rocks below Denham Falls would have been hazardous.
Walkers: Paul (leader), Pam D, Pam S, Cassie, Michele & Gary, Christine D, Werner, Julie, Colin.
Distance: 23.7k
A cool start to the day but bright sunshine soon warmed us up. We did both Upper Ballunjui Falls plus Lower Ballunjui Falls and visited all the waterfalls and Lookouts along the way.
We managed the distance easily in the time available as we started half an hour earlier than our usual start time.
Walkers: Colin (leader) Louise, Dianne, Pam, Paul, Michele, Christine D, Susan, John, Werner & Vangie, Grahame, Julie.
Distance: 18.8k
Thirteen of us on another walk that had everything. Waterfalls in full flow, heavy mist in the high forest, the verdant green of the mosses on those ancient Antarctic Beech trees. Only light rain but this allowed us to see Lamington National Park rainforest at its best - Colin.
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Copies of the excellent & definitive “ The Mistletoes of Subtropical Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria” by local authors John Moss & Ross Kendall now on sale at $27.50 from Mike Russell (5545 3601).
TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN FLORA & FAUNA by Russell, Leiper, White, Francis, Hauser, McDonald & Sims is now on sale at local outlets for $15.
Why does attentiveness to nature matter? In a very fundamental sense, we are what we pay attention to. Paying heed to beauty, grace, and everyday miracles promotes a sense of possibility and coherence that runs deeper and truer than the often illusory commercial, social "realities" advanced by mainstream contemporary culture. ... Our attention is precious, and what we choose to focus it on has enormous consequences. What we choose to look at, and to listen to--these choices change the world. As Thich Nhat Hanh has pointed out, we become the bad television programs that we watch. A society that expends its energies tracking the latest doings of the celebrity couple is fundamentally distinct from one that watches for the first arriving spring migrant birds, or takes a weekend to check out insects in a mountain stream, or looks inside flowers to admire the marvelous ingenuities involved in pollination. The former tends to drag culture down to its lowest commonalities; the latter can lift us up in a sense of unity with all life. The Way of Natural History, edited by Thomas Lowe Fleischner and published by Trinity University Press (Texas)
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