Burleigh Heads also seems sacred to surfers. This was the birth place of modern professional surfing competition. The first man-on-man competition was held here and the unique hollow waves are renowned throughout the surfing world. Today the sea was relatively calm, but as we had our morning coffee we watched the many surfers bobbing on the water, patiently waiting for the right wave.
A very pleasant 14 kilometre Gold Coast walk today provided us with a change of scenery from city and bush. We parked at the beach and began our trek from the northern entrance of Burleigh Head National Park. Lava flows from the Mt Warning area reached the sea here some 20 million years ago. Aboriginal people know the headland as Jellurgul and their stories tell of the rock formations being created by the ancestral figure, Jabreen. Burleigh Heads also seems sacred to surfers. This was the birth place of modern professional surfing competition. The first man-on-man competition was held here and the unique hollow waves are renowned throughout the surfing world. Today the sea was relatively calm, but as we had our morning coffee we watched the many surfers bobbing on the water, patiently waiting for the right wave. After our relaxing coffee we headed uphill on the rainforest circuit. Although a little strenuous, the path is excellent and great views are provided along the way. Once over the headland we crossed the Tallebudgera River and followed its southern shoreline for several kilometres before recrossing and following its northern bank. Many school groups from the Tallebudgera Camp were engaged in activities along the river and seemed to be having great fun. We crossed the river on a footbridge below the Pacific Highway and found ourselves in a street of quaint and quirky shops. The Organic Cafe and Store beckoned us in for a break and we had a lovely time admiring their decor and reading their fun signs. The next part of our walk was really lovely, past David Fleay's Wildlife Park, along the river on a boardwalk through mangroves and up over another hill in the Tallebudgera Conservation Park before winding through a few streets to get back to the mouth of the river. We made a final pleasant discovery before heading back through Burleigh Head National Park. The Jellurgal Aboriginal Cultural Centre is on the Gold Coast Highway near the southern entrance to the National Park and offers valuable insight into area and the custodial owners of the Gold Coast, the Yugambeh people. So, once again, we had a magnificent day exploring our land. Back near the car we found this note on the ground written on the back of a beer coaster. We well understood the sentiment. We, too, think "Arhh., Australia, she a good country."
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