We had a great first week away from Stanthorpe and Work. It’s taken a little while to get into a travel routine after full on working for seven months and having a set routine for shopping eating, sleeping etc. It’s a bit hard to change but we are getting there.
In with the new
Out with the old
We stopped in Warwick on the way to Canungra, where our new bald eagle head sticker was waiting. Its called (a bad hair day and cross-eyed) funny hey? Its our 4th sticker in 10 years so not too bad. The last one we put on ourselves and it’s quite a big job so we decided to leave it to the professionals this time and only took about an hour then we were on our way. Lots of road works and the dreaded lollipop men seemed to be out in force which seems to be standard on Qld roads.
Our campsite at Canungra
It’s always nice pulling into the Showgrounds in Canungra, the gateway to Binna Burra and O’reilly’s, both in the Lamington Range NP. That night we headed down to the Gold Coast to catch up with my sister Denise and her hubby Mark. We went to the Outback Spectacular horse show, it was a great night out.
Celebrating Nissi’s Birthday
The next morning we hightailed it up to Binna Burra where we did a 5 hour hike through the rainforest. It’s just beautiful country up there, through some nice big trees and a beautiful waterfall. Sadly. we couldn’t get good photos because the sun was in the wrong place. There weren’t many birds about, but I guess it is winter.
Moran’s Falls, Lamington RangesOn the Coomera Trail, Lamington Ranges
The next day Mark and Denise came and stayed in Canungra overnight so we drove up to O’reilly’s, which is about 1 hours drive and a very windy road, and of course, plenty of road works to contend with, as they have had a lot of landslides. We had more luck with birds, as they feed them there. Lots of beautiful parrots and rainforest birds, we were hoping to get photos of the amazing regent bowerbirds we had seen there before but being winter it seems a lot of their usual birds are on holidays somewhere warmer.
Find more info about the lamington Ranges and O’reilly’s here
Steph & Denise having fun with the locals at O’reilly’s
Fortunately there is plenty of bird life just around the grounds here at the Showgrounds, as it’s next to Canungra Creek.
Yesterday we drove to Wyarolong Dam about an hour, it’s near Beaudesert, a beautiful spot, heaps of walking tracks but only saw a few birds. I’m sure around spring though it must be a place to visit.
On the way back we stopped in to visit one of Anthony’s friends from the Navy whom he hadn’t seen for about 25 years, Leanne and her husband Ian made us very welcome on their beautiful property near Jimboomba. The scones and great coffee were very welcome. Their Beautiful horses, dogs, cat, children and chooks were very friendly. So all in all we had a great day.
Today we have made our way back up Cunningham’s Gap to Toowoomba to have some work done to the suspension of the van among other jobs which are overdue. This will be a good week to catch up on that.
Absolutely amazing guys!! The rig looks fantastic and great to see you guys out and again!!! Thanks for the invite to take the opportunity to follow with you on your travels!!! Love to you both Jules and Merrilyn xx😊
Hey Thanks Guys, you are too kind. we have been meaning to get a Blog up and running for years, Better late than never I guess. Trust you both are in good health. Life is good
Anthony & Stephanie XO
So we won’t get to see your cheery faces when we go back to Top of the Town next week then!! Have fun hipsters. Lynda & Dave Roper
On 28 May 2018 at 20:13, WanderingEagles – Travels / Photography wrote:
> Anthony and Stephanie posted: “Hello everyone, We had a great first week > away from Stanthorpe and Work. It’s taken a little while to get into a > travel routine after full on working for seven months and having a set > routine for shopping eating, sleeping etc. It’s a bit hard to change ” >
Great blog, excellent detail , I look forward to following some of your foot steps
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Hey thanks very much Jack, we very much appreciate your encouraging comments
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Hi Steph and Anthony
Very well written and a great way to record everything like a diary but with photos attached.
Nissi
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Thanks Nissi 😀
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Absolutely amazing guys!! The rig looks fantastic and great to see you guys out and again!!! Thanks for the invite to take the opportunity to follow with you on your travels!!! Love to you both Jules and Merrilyn xx😊
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Hey Thanks Guys, you are too kind. we have been meaning to get a Blog up and running for years, Better late than never I guess. Trust you both are in good health. Life is good
Anthony & Stephanie XO
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Hey we are fine!! health issues all settled down!!! Fantastic photos, and the birdy’s, so beautiful. xo Jules and Merrilyn.
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Glad to hear guys, thank you for your encouragmengt 🙂 Cheers
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A great blog guys. Keep it up. Happy travels xxoo
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Thanks Guys, we appreciate your comments, trust all is well.
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So we won’t get to see your cheery faces when we go back to Top of the Town next week then!! Have fun hipsters. Lynda & Dave Roper
On 28 May 2018 at 20:13, WanderingEagles – Travels / Photography wrote:
> Anthony and Stephanie posted: “Hello everyone, We had a great first week > away from Stanthorpe and Work. It’s taken a little while to get into a > travel routine after full on working for seven months and having a set > routine for shopping eating, sleeping etc. It’s a bit hard to change ” >
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Haha, gluttons for punishment . We will be back in Nov. Have fun.
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Your blog reminded me of just how stunning that area is. Also inspired me to order a pair of decent walking boots!
Great to see you both again x
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Hey Thanks for that Nadine, very happy to have inspired you… please not Pink 😀
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