30th May 2010 - Tamborine Mountain

今天去‘行山’，中文叫‘远足’吧？还是郊游？Whatever, today is a tracking day, I'm going to explore it

This is the riches home, at front they have a car porch and a private jetty on their back yard, life is cool~ 

We can start from anyway, different zone for different track with different view

Tamborine National Park on Tamborine Mountain is situated in the Gold Coast Hinterland ("The green behind the gold')

1) Cedar Creek Falls Track - (allow 20-30 mins) Easy grade. The track to the lookout is suitable for strollers & assisted wheelchair access. The lookout offers views of waterfalls, cascades and rock pools.

2) Palm Grove Rainforest Circuit - 2.6km circuit (allow 1 hour) Easy grade. Piccabeen palm groves & rainforest with emergent strangler figs and distinctively buttressed yellow carabeens feature on this walk.

3) Curtis Falls, Joalah Section - 1.5km return (allow 30 mins) Moderate grade. Joalah is an Aboriginal word meaning 'haunt of the lyrebird'. On this track you will walk through rainforest & descend steep stairs to a large pool at the base of Curtis Falls. There is an impressive view of the falls and surrounding columnar basalt rockface.

4) Witches Falls Circuit - 3.1km return (allow 1 hour) Moderate grade. This track zigzags down the steep mountainside through open forest with banksia trees and into rainforest with huge strangler figs. You will pass seasonal lagoons surrounded by piccabeen palm groves and rainforest before you reach Witches Falls. After heavy rain, the lagoons fill with water and come to life with many species of insects and frogs. The falls only flow after recent rain and can be viewed via a 200m detour from the circuit to lookout platform. 

5) Sandy Creek Circuit, The Knoll section - 2.6km circuit (Allow 1 hour) Easy grade. Scenic views, rainforest with tall trees emerging above the surrounding canopy, piccabeen groves, transition forest with large flooded gums and open forest feature on this walk.

6) Witches Chase Track - 2.7km circuit (Allow 2 hours) Moderate grade. This track also starts from the picnic area on Main Western Road. The walk descends through rainforest to Witches Falls and continues along the cliff to Witches Chase, passing through rainforest with large red cedar trees and through eucalypt forest.

7) Macdonald Rainforest Circuit - 1.4km circuit (Allow 30 minutes) Easy grade. This track is ideal for birdwatchers and visitors seeking a quiet rainforest walk away from road noise and large numbers of people.

因为习惯了冷的感觉，我这次也穿不暖

就一件薄薄不御寒的上衣外搭一件防风外套（我比较担心下雨）

最后悔就是穿了短裤，这森林里的温度和湿气比山下严重

那时大概有18摄氏左右，湿度高达45%

快要冻死我了~

还好穿个比较安全的绒质靴子，保暖之余还便于行走

整个行程从早上8.15开始一直到下午的四点左右

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