Kondalilla Falls National Park, Montville
Another birthday for me today and as the sun is actually shining and it is almost warm (yes a rare occurrence lately in sunny Qld) we drove to Montville about 26kms north east into the Blackall Range. We were going to have lunch there after we had done a walk to the Kondalilla Falls in the national park. The loop walk to the falls and return was 4.7kms. It was very pretty walking through a fairly lush rainforest and with all the rain lately it was exceedingly green and quite muddy in spots. We came across a small cave which had ‘rock people’, as walkers went by they were adding a little person into the cave. There was a fair bit of water in the falls which was good to see as we know the best time to go is after the wet season. The scenery at the base was very lovely with lots of huge boulders with moss growing on them which gives it a serene appearance. Back to Montville for lunch where we found a nice inn that served lunch until 4.00pm which worked well for us. We had a lovely seafood linguine and then went across the road for coffee and cake to a restaurant that had great views over the valley to the ocean. It was a very nice day. As it is a special birthday for me John had organised for us to fly to Alice Springs on 6 June (after our housesit finishes on the 5 June) for a week. We are doing a day trip to the McDonnell ranges and a 3 day/2 night camping tour out to Uluru. Really looking forward to this as didn’t think we would get to Alice as it is quite a trek and I really wanted to go there. As it is John’s special birthday in November it is a combined special birthday treat for us both - just that I get it closer to my birthday! As next week is our last week in Glass House Mountains we will be busy cleaning and repacking the van and of course tidying up the house for Lydia and Bert’s return (don’t worry guys we have been looking after it for you). Whilst we are away Coco and the van will be the good care of Wendy and Rob in Pomona where we will spend a couple of weeks before we head to Hervey Bay for a two week housesit. Works out well as we realised we would be in Hervey Bay in the school holidays and been a tourist destination figured it might be tricky getting caravan sites and it turns out we will be housesitting for a teacher who is going to NT for the hols.
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