So we had to get a few things from a place called Kingaroy and decided to camp for a night at a nice little town about 25km south in Nanango before heading into the mountains
As we were setting up camp we met a really nice young couple that had come across a kangaroo that had been hit and killed on the road. Unfortunately the kangaroo had a joey in it's pouch, but fortunately this lovely couple decided to rescue the joey which would have perished in the wild.
and with some help from the local Vet this little fellas future is looking a lot brighter than what it would have been. Apparently little joey bounces around after the young lady, who is now mum:)
(Ps sorry we didn't catch your names but well done anyway :0))
Nanango and the surrounding areas is deep in rich history
As with many areas in Australia when a significant coal deposit is found there is inevitably a mine and a power station near the mine established. This is a drag line bucket called 'Hanibal's Bucket' and it was used by a massive crane to lift massive amounts of coal for transportation to the adjoining power station.
Really impressive stuff and without becoming too political, as just one coal mine and respective power station in the world, it's any wonder why we're chocking the planet's atmosphere with all the emissions. Yeah, yeah, yeah I can hear you, I like power too so I'm as much to blame! What do you do?????????????
Never the less, impressive stuff anyways
One small step for man.....
One giant leap for Mary Poppins,
Mary who? Mary Karen or is Karen perhaps just Merry? Karen will you Mary me?
The next day we headed to the Bunya Mountains to check out the sub tropical rain forest and as it was there was we came across a fair and saw this wonderful display of Morris Minor cars.
My favourite
We head into the forest
This is the first rain forest I have ever been to and the scenery did not disappoint!
This is a giant is called a giant stinging tree. As per the next picture you will read that the leaves can be quite dangerous to humans and touching them is to be avoided at all costs. Even dried leaf specimens collected over 100 years ago can amazingly still cause pain to humans.
Needless to say we stayed well away!
Much of the jungle has creeping vines
Whilst there might be hidden dangers in the forest it is absolutely spectacular to see
This is a giant Bunya Pine and the aborigines used to climb these trees to collect the pine nuts from the top of the tree.
You don't want to stand for too long under theses giants as the cone nuts can weigh up to 10kg and would give you a pretty nasty headache if one were to hit you!
Throughout the forest you can see these crows nest plants growing on the sides of certain trees
Spectacular!
Run Karen run!
Ello, ello, ello!
At this time of the year water flow is reduced to a trickle, however it won't be long before the winter rains will bring a torrent!
When storms bring heavy rain this decorative plant on the wall of the waterfall will be washed away, only to grow again
On top of the world!
A wondrous thing!
Umm don't think I want to eat these eh!
This massive tree is the White Booyong
You really feel quite small amongst these giants!
Wow! Now that's some stairway to heaven!
This particular walk through the forest was a 4km trek and there are several treks to take. One is 10kms
What the! We think the look says it all hahahaha!
Spaghetti!
Some monster from outta space just landed
And with that it was time to head back to camp as tomorrow we head off to a place in Merriwell to catch the Coomba Falls so yes Karen that's right......
It's time to hit the road!
