After consulting with various friends about where to go next over the weekend, I set off around midday armed with my remaining highly recommended itinerary. First stop was Lamington National Park, a national park on the southern border of Queensland, up in the mountains.
I managed to find a nice little spot for my tent, even though it was meant for campervans. Up in the mountains, it was actually pretty cold overnight, but I had plenty of warm clothes to rug up in. There were quite a few hiking trails along rainforest ridges and down into valleys past beautiful waterfalls. I only had time to do an elevated treetop walk on the day I arrived and a 12km forest/waterfall loop the morning before I left. A very nice hike that descended into a river valley and crisscrossed past various waterfalls.
Saw quite a bit of interesting wildlife, but I didn’t care much for the perpetual onset of leeches at the riverbanks. They look like little black inchworms, and they move very quickly up your legs, looking for a spot to dig into. Fortunately, the hair on my legs would tickle when they attempted to climb me, so I was able to quickly find each one and flick it off before it bit me.
Lamington National Park Rainforest Hike
Map of the route “The benefits of hairy legs”: 11,597 m, 419 m of climbing and 423 m of descent, elevation between 682 m and 949 m, time 03:25:24. It is a loop that starts and ends at -28.23029, 153.13233 (latitude, longitude).
The Drive from Brisbane to Lamington National Park
Map of the route “The benefits of hairy legs”: 124,707 m, 1,868 m of climbing and 1,022 m of descent, elevation between 27 m and 911 m, time 14:49:26. It starts at -27.48141, 152.99362 and ends at -28.22866, 153.13244 (latitude, longitude).
