How not to head out for a day's excursion - We left reasonably early. Gorgeous day in Brissie and as I drove up our road I glanced at the dial I said to hubby, "we have less than a quarter of diesel". "We shall fill up along the way" was the answer I half heard. However we got a little lost, a little distracted and ended up going a little out of our way and then down some very quiet lanes until we were practically at our first destination.We had 60 kms left in the tank. So after a brief stop there we looked for the nearest garage and found it at 28 kms. Except to get there, we soon found out we had to go across the QLD- NSW border and that is Not Possible. So we had to turn round and look again and made the gas station with some 7 kms in the tank. Phew. Then it had clouded over and we were hopelessly under dressed and unprepared for a trek - so do not take a leaf out of our book. We have lessons to learn about preparedness but even at a relatively late hour we headed off to explore the Purling Brook Falls and hoped there were no unforeseen weather events on the way. We warmed up. It was only a 4km walk but down 450 steps to the falls and then up a gentler slope the other side of the valley with wonderful views to the Gold Coast and beyond. Along the way, some flowering trees, a slithering little snake and the incredible Antarctic Beech trees which belong to another world.
Much, much more to explore in Springbrook so we will be back and by then who knows, those internal borders might just be open and we can nip across to NSW without so much as a one two three.
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