We passed the weekend in Lamington National Park, the less-crowded of the parks, then we went to Springbrook NP. We decided to stop first at the Natural Bridge. Despite the rain and the river, we didn’t find any leeches, so the walk was pleasant enough.
The bridge part.
Inside the cave and why there is a bridge instead of just a waterfall (the rock developed a way through the roof of the cave, leaving the bridge where it used to flow).
Interesting fungus.
The bridge part from above.
The new waterfall.
Next we decided to go to the Best of All Lookout. Mostly to see the Antarctic Beeches, trees that are a remnant from when Australia was part of the Godwana supercontinent with Africa and Antarctica. They prefer cooler and wetter climes and have retreated to isolated pockets of rainforests in southern Queensland and New South Wales.
It was a good thing that we hadn’t gone to the lookout to see the lookout, as it was simply all white from the clouds!
For our last day in Queensland, we decided to hit up Burleigh NP along the coast before crossing into New South Wales.
Basalt hexagonal columns.
More of the over-crowded coast.
Isn’t it a beauty?
The trees in one section all had this pinkish-purple tinge.
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