Monday 15 August 2022

AUGUST 2022 : QUEENSLAND : Scenic Rim Walk : Day 3



A crisp morning at the Boonah Valley Motel



Continental breakfast in our rooms but a coffee stop in downtown Boonah before we set off



Our destination today was Mt Cordeaux



A unanimous decision that today’s walk was preferable to yesterday. Longer but easier walking and very different plant and animal life, including wallabies, pademelons and lyrebirds despite Mt Cordeaux only being a few hundred metres apart from Mt Mitchell.




Evidence of gold mining from the 1890s - albeit futile



Mt Cordeaux





Then we explored more of the area


This section was full of enormous red-speared plants, like Gymea lilies



Lunch on Bare Rock watching eagles soaring



We also explored Morgan’s Walk which ended in a grassy terrace with fabulous views



Enormous strangler figs along the path



Refreshments on the way back at Haig Park on a man-made lake, Lake Moongerah, with views of the Scenic Rim peaks
Discovered a blue-faced honey-eater on a nearby tree


A return to the Indian restaurant for dinner in Boonah as it was such a hit last night.



A fabulous day!

M

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