Monday 30 March 2009

Australia: Girraween National Park


Our first stop outside Brisbane was at Girraween National Park. Immediately we were delighted we’d listened to Steph. There were just a couple of cars in the car park, and not a rental car in sight! The park is full of granite rocks, some in very interesting formations. We went for a walk up to The Pyramids, which ended in a very steep climb right up the so called pyramid, the kind of steepness we had to zig-zag up! At the top we met a man who told us we were supposed to have walked around the pyramid and come up a less steep route… It was spectacular up there though, we could see for miles. We went back down (the proper route this time) and took a detour to see a huge granite arch that had formed naturally by erosion of the stone. We finished the visit off by having lunch watching some kangaroos grazing close by. A great place to visit!

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