A few showers along the way did not dampen our spirits. We walked most of the way along widely paved paths, enjoying the tranquility of the creek and its birdlife.. Some parts were grassy or dirt tracks, though well defined. |
Hilliards Creek is a small creek system in the Redlands, South East Queensland. It rises from Sheldon, flowing northbound through Thornlands, Cleveland and Wellington Point, where it drains into Moreton Bay. This week we followed this lovely creek starting at Fellmonger Park in Ormiston, heading as far as Squirrel Glider Conservation Area that borders Finucane Road, Alexandrra Hills. It was a very pleasant 7 kilometre hike that, despite its locality, seemed many kilometres away from civilisation. We are so lucky to have such bands of nature within our city.
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Ten years ago the three founding members of our little walking group took their first steps together. Today, now a group of seven, we retraced this first hike, followed by a little celebration breakfast. We parked under the Story Bridge at Captain Burke Park, walked across the Story Bridge and followed the river through beside the city and Botanic Gardens, across the Goodwill Bridge, then along the river under the Kangaroo Point Cliffs till we completed the 8 kilometre circuit back at Captain Burke Park. Back at the starting point we set the scene for breakfast. Since we have added the focus of feeding ourselves to our hiking journeys, we have become quite the skilled picnickers, and today we went all out. The table was set by the river and adorned with fairy lights and fine china. Courses included mango smoothies, yogurt and granola parfaits, savoury scrolls, ham and cheese croissants, birthday cake and bubbles. The fine feast was accompanied by a slide show of memories compiled by Helen on her laptop. Helen has been our chief inspirational organiser and recorder of dates and places hiked, kilometres covered, food consumed and much, much more over these past 10 years, and although we frustrate her at times with our stupid questions and lack of directional knowledge, we hope she knows how grateful we are. We hope this bunch of flowers show we truly appreciate her. And so, our first 10 years have flown by just like that. Thanks to Helen's excellent record keeping we know, as a group, we have hiked 3,876 kilometres over 436 days. If travelling around Australia that would take us from Brisbane to Adelaide via Sydney and Melbourne, and half way across the Nullarbor. We only need to walk another 1,230 kilometres and we will reach Perth. We may have to complete the full circuit of Australia in our wheelchairs.
Another early start this week to beat the heat. We met at Southbank, and after a short walk along the river we followed Fish Lane, enjoying the beautiful street art as we searched for a coffee shop open at this hour. We found a great coffee shop open in Fish Lane, where we took time to feed our caffeine cravings. Then we wandered through West End and followed Boundary Street down to the river, which we followed back to Southbank. Many shady trees made it a pleasant walk and we hardly noticed the 11 kilometres passing. Back at Southbank we ordered breakfast burgers and coffee, and found a lovely place to sit and admire the views. The day was still young, and yet we had already packed plenty of pleasurable memories into it.
Another hot, steamy day in S.E. Qld saw us heading for somewhere with air-conditioning. As posing seems to be an integral part of our hiking adventures, we decided to check at ArtVo at Robina Town Centre. The Gold Coast’s immersive, ‘trick-art’ gallery is a fun way to spend a day stepping into a world of optical illusions. The larger than life murals spread over six huge rooms, and we walked and posed our way through the variety of different zones, each with its own theme. We may not have burned many calories walking today, but we certainly burned a few as we climbed and squatted and stretched and sat and lay and crawled our way through many a scene.
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