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As some wanted to catch the 7.00 ferry and others the next one, it seemed simpler for everyone to choose what suited and eventually all end up at Florence Bay. The early people had already checked out koalas along the … Continue reading
OCTOBER OUTING ~ UPPER FORESTRY RD, BLUEWATER ~ SUNDAY 21st OCTOBER. On 21st October, weather permitting (after 6 months of almost no rain!!), we will travel up the Paluma Range section of Forestry Road, as far as the old forestry … Continue reading
From the highway it appeared that this part of lowland Paluma Range National Park had not been burned recently so we decided to revisit it, but as we walked in we found large areas burnt out. However along the way … Continue reading
What did one whale say to the other when they met at Uluru? “Long time no sea.” Fortunately our whale watching trip was much better than that joke. We decided for the July outing to take advantage of Sealink’s first … Continue reading
People tend to pass through Cardwell on their way to somewhere else, but we decided to have a weekend there and walk a few interesting tracks around the area. Seven of us jumped the gun and went up on Friday, … Continue reading
It wasn’t a stairway to heaven, just 500 steps up Mt Stuart’s foothills for our May outing. Behind the University mountain bikers have made many kilometres of tracks around the hills, and as well there are steps built up the … Continue reading
The February outing planned for the same area was cancelled after heavy rain made the site inaccessible. March looked like a possible repeat performance with rain every night the week before, however the rainfall totals were much lower this time … Continue reading
Third time lucky, this time the dam road was not closed nor was it pouring rain like the other times we planned this walk in the last few months. It was perfect weather to go across the dam wall and … Continue reading
There was quite a turn-out for the Piper’s Lookout ramble in October. Perhaps everyone was keen to be out and about following the rains we’d enjoyed during the week. We headed off from the gravel ‘lay-by’ on the corner of … Continue reading
The area of creek bank downstream of the bridge and adjacent to the park was chosen for the September outing as it had lots of trees, shade and birds. We started with a quick morning tea at the park picnic … Continue reading