Bunya Mountains

We headed up to the Bunya Mountains today.

It’s partly cloudy and in the mid-80’s.

Dalby is very flat…it did not take long to start through the hills and into tons of trees. It’s very rain forest looking. Huge leaf’d plants, tons of ferns and vines hanging everywhere (Tarzan style) It was very dark in some areas, as the sun could just not get through. There were very large Bunya pines, best I can describe them is that they looked like Norfolk island pines (ONLY HUGE) and bunya redwoods.

There was little traffic, but that was a good thing b/c the road was very narrow and extremely winding. It seemed odd to both of us as there’s just 2 weeks left until the kids start their new school year. Once we’d driven around the park, we figured it out. There is really nothing to do there. There’s some really primitive camping (tents only), there were 2 small restaurants that were terribly overpriced and that was about it. No fishing, no swimming, no play grounds, nothing.

The best part of the whole trip was the wallabies… saw lots of them, and not just where the signs were. They are very calm around people (I did not get too terribly close).

The mountains were more Kentucky style than Banff style. There were more hills and not many rocks. It was worth the drive, but not sure I’d go back.

They do have cabins there (supposed to be good for refreshing your brain) but not sure it would work for me as I’d be busy watching for bugs and spiders!!! We quickly decided that we’ll head for the city when he gets more time off!