Queensland Ancient Rainforests: Lamington National Park Lamington Rainforest, Mix Hart, 2017 I’ve saved the best for last! Lamginton rainforest hike is perhaps my favourite Queensland rainforest hike. The scale of the trees, intensity of the twisty vines and lush ferns, is … Read More
Springbrook National Park, Queensland, Australia UNESCO, Gondwana World Heritage Site I first experienced Springbrook Rainforests while touring the historic Government House in Brisbane. A painting by Australian artist, William Robinson, captured my imagination and I decided that I had to … Read More
D’Aguilar National Park, Queensland, Australia The rainforests of Queensland are the largest subtropical rainforests on earth. D’Aguilar National Forest is only a 30 minute drive from Brisbane and yet the forest is an entirely different, wild-jungle world of tropical vines, … Read More
Kondalilla Falls National Park Only 100 km north of Brisbane is a subtropical rainforest filled with eucalyptus trees and waterfalls. Kondalilla Falls rainforest is our first Australian rainforest hike. I’m eager to see how southern, subtropical rainforests compare to the … Read More
Life Down Under: Lady Musgrave Island, Queensland The Great Barrier Reef My family’s adventures at the Great Barrier Reef include a brief visit to Lady Musgrave Island (an uninhabited island in the middle of the Coral Sea). The island is … Read More
Life Down Under: Straddie Island Below: Frenchman’s Beach Life Down Under: Straddie Island, Mix Hart 2017 North Stradbroke “Straddie” Island (Minjerribah) is one of my favourite places on Earth to date. Somehow, it has managed to preserve its wildness and … Read More
Life Down Under: Great Barrier Reef Above: The reef at low tide, with Lady Musgrave Island in the distance: top of coral adapted to withstand air and sun for several hours each day. The Great Barrier Reef (GBR), one of … Read More
Life Down Under: Surf Sisters Cylinder Beach, Mooloomba Minjerribah, Queensland This weekend we took the train from Brisbane to a ferry bound for Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island)—rumoured to have the best surfing in Queensland. *I prefer the aboriginal names for … Read More
Life Down Under: Surfer’s Paradise, Gold Coast We were only in Australia a day and a half before deciding to check out the Gold Coast. I wanted to see what all the hype was about. We took the train and … Read More
Life Down Under: Living in Queensland, Australia We have survived nearly a week in our new home down under. My family is living in Brisbane this fall (spring in North America). Fall in Brisbane is absolutely tropical— temperatures in the … Read More