It was an exciting walk this week for we were delighted to discover a new trail. We were quite surprised we hadn't heard of the Ernest Junction Tunnel and old Southport Rail Trail before. We had stumbled upon a couple of references online, but it was hard to find any up to date information, so we went prepared for anything, got a little bit lost, and thoroughly enjoyed the adventure. Trains no longer pass through the tunnel, but many a graffiti artist does. The tunnel is freely available for artistic pursuit and we bumped into a chap doing just that. Because it is long and curved the darkness is a bit spooky, but it was clear of rubbish all the way. On the eastern exit there is quite a bit of information posted. After reading it all, we proceeded to climb the hill on this side to get back up to the car on Ashmore Road. We drove a short distance down the road to Cathedral Park where we has morning tea, then decided to leave the car and pick up the trail from here. It looked simple on the map, but we spent a lot of time consulting our phones to find the way. With a bit of backtracking and a few circuitous routes we found our way to Griffith Uni in time for a toilet break and a cold drink. Then we tried a different track back with similar results. Despite feeling lost for much of the time, we came across some lovely spots and notched up double digits on the kilometre count. Next time we won't get lost, but some of our greatest finds have been when we don't really know the way. This adventure concluded with a lovely cold glass of wine over lunch at the pub at Nerang. Not a bad way to spend a day at all.
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