Mt Tambourine

This weekend we packed up, got in the car and headed to Mt. Tambourine in central Gold Coast. It is a pretty mountain with a nice village on top that is surrounded by wineries and some serious rain forest that is open for hiking.

When we got up there we grabbed some coffee and then took off up a trail that led through the jungle to some beautiful waterfalls. On the way we got scared out of our shoes when right at Mariana's feet, something big, black, and about three feet long (no jokes please) scurried acrross her feet. It was about the biggest lizard we ever saw in our lives. He stopped just off the trail and we marveled at his creepyness and moved on. The waterfall and mountain stream were amazing. It wound it's way through multiple canopy jungle and looked like something out of Jurassic Park. Lucky, we forgot the camera in the car and were not able to take any pictures of this part of the trip.


After our jungle adventure, we headed up to some of the wineries and did some tasting. AU winery was the best and had quite a few tastes and talked with the girl that worked there. We got a few pictures of us and the ducks that populated the pond nearby.


The drive down the other side of the mountain was less interesting as it was more populated with some spectacular homes with some impressive views.

Mt. Nebo and Mt. Glorious

Saturday, Mariana and I were at a loss of what to do. Can you imagine not knowing what to do in Australia? So, we pulled out the map and just picked a spot and said "there". We got in the car and headed to what turned out to be Mt. Nebo and Mt. Glorious. It was a short drive, around forty five minutes from the CBD. It is amazing in Queensland how little you have to drive to be out in the middle of no where.


The mountains while not huge, are indeed mountains and covered in rain forests. I have been many places but this is my first time ever in a real rain forest and it was very cool. We pulled off to one park by the road and there were some really creepy looking hiking trails that wound off into the bush and looked like, dark, spooky caves. We wandered the trail for a few meters but in our shorts, t-shirts and tennis shoes, we were afraid to go to far. We decided to come back to hike but in proper boots, jeans, long sleeve shirts and perhaps some water. It is Queensland so you have to assume that it is full of creepy, crawly stuff that will hurt you.


We did not plan this trip so to our disappointment we did not charge our camera before we left. We did manage to snap a couple of pictures of us with what power was remaining.