Yesterday we decided to escape the heat and spend the day with the
pittas, frogs, crayfish and dragons in the rainforest walking up
Canungra Creek (Green Mts NP, SEQ). The highlight was a Southern
Angle-Headed Dragon that I had walked past.
When we were about a kilometre from O'Rileys coming back along the
Border Track (around 3 pm), I happened to look up and notice a stream
of Needletails heading north into Queensland. They weren't hanging
around and I didn't see the leading edge, but I would have seen at
least 50 passing in the 10 secs I could see through the canopy
opening. When we got out to the cafe at the lodge, we could see a
storm building up over the border region to the west.
After iced drinks / coffee in the cafe, we drove back via Duck Creek
Rd (a quiet alternative to the bitumen). The road was totally dry in
the rainforest section and as smooth as it gets (it is a private road
and has been worked on). At present it is in 2WD condition for
vehicles with a bit of clearance (so you can clear the water
channelling humps). Be sure to leave a gold coin in the donation box
at the bottom gate to contribute to the maintenance ...
As a bonus, we scored a watermelon for $2 and a pumpkin for $3 at the
farm opposite the start of Duck Creek Rd as we headed out to Beaudesert.
Regards, Laurie.
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