Today we set off to explore the area around Tamborine Mountain, a 30 minute drive from Beaudesert. Again a winding road took us up into some more magnificent rainforest. We started the day with a visit to Tamborine Rainforest Skywalk. This was a wonderful way to explore the beauty of the rainforest canopy with an elevated walkway and a Skywalk cantilever. From here we drove to the Curtis Falls walking track, a fairly easy walk into the forest brought us to some lovely falls. From here we drove to the town of Tamborine Mountain (as opposed to the town of Tamborine which is about a 20 minute drive away!). Here there was a walk called the “Gallery Walk”…..hmmm. It was a walk down the main street which was just shop after shop. There were a few interesting ones including The Cuckoo Clock Shop, The Scottish Shop, and the Christmas Shop but I found it a bit disappointing as the “Gallery Shops” were full of cheap things, made overseas and not things made by local artists. It was a little like Hahndorf but a lot more tacky. Rob and I were amazed at the huge number of people doing “The Gallery Walk” but when we realised that a visit to Tamborine Mountain only takes travellers 45 minutes from the Gold Coast and one hour from Brisbane, many tourists would come to the area for day trips. We stopped at a park for our picnic lunch before going on another walk into the rainforest to see a large Curtain Fig Tree. Our final stop before returning home was to a magnificent lookout overlooking the Lamington National Park which was the first declared National Park in Queensland in 1915. Unfortunately the view over the Scenic Rim was a little hazy. We returned to Beaudesert after a wonderful and active day!
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