I spent 4 days walking tracks that gave me access to Indigenous cultural sites,, narrow sandstone canyons, extensive sandstone cliff lines, basalt-capped tablelands and mountain ranges, and relict rainforest vegetation. Click here to read about my walking adventures at Carnarvon in more detail.
Carnarvon Gorge is around 30 kilometres long, located in Carnarvon National Park, about 1,000 kms by road north west of Brisbane. Millions and millions of years have been taken to create this masterpiece of breathtaking beauty, which I feel very privileged to have finally visited.
I spent 4 days walking tracks that gave me access to Indigenous cultural sites,, narrow sandstone canyons, extensive sandstone cliff lines, basalt-capped tablelands and mountain ranges, and relict rainforest vegetation. Click here to read about my walking adventures at Carnarvon in more detail.
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Hemmant Quarry Reserve is a tiny parcel of bushland just off Wynnum Road. The 24 hectare park's access is via Fleming Road, where there is a small car park A walking track, part bitumen and part boardwalk, loops around the park with great lake views and plenty of spots to sit and enjoy the peace. In the early 1920s, a quarry opened to provide gravel for roads being built in the area, but in 1936 it was flooded by an underground spring and the quarry subsequently closed. Today it is a wonderful waterhole, home to freshwater turtles and eels and an abundance of birdlife. As we walk we always catch up on the events in our busy lives, and last week was particularly interesting to say the least. Amid news of one of us about to become a granny, one of us whose son and partner bought a house, one whose sister-in-law got lost for two days, then found while bushwalking in the Northern Territory, someone sprang the news that they had won a new car. What a week! We proceeded on to Ropley Road Park after our short walk around the quarry and celebrated our many blessings over morning tea and bubbles, then took another walk. We came across some tiny railway tracks which we followed through the bush. We found out that the Brisbane Bayside Steam Railway Society runs train rides on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. This week we did a winter favourite hike of ours. With lovely sunshine and pleasant temperatures we hiked beside the Beautiful Brisbane River. We met at the Brisbane Wheel, and after enjoying a coffee by the water, we walked through the Southbank, then followed the river under the Kangaroo Point cliffs, under the Story Bridge, past Dockside Marina and caught a ferry from Mowbray Park across to Teneriffe on the other side. This gave a chance for our tired feet to rest before following the river back to the city. Thirteen kilometres later we were famished and ready to enjoy refuelling at the Jade Buddha Restaurant overlooking the water. We were a little disappointed they no longer serve the $10 lunch specials, but we happily settled for a pork belly burger that proved to be quite delicious. After lunch we took the city cat back to Southbank and caught a train home, our hiking and hunger urges greatly satisfied.
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