Ok so this is the really cool part! We had an awesome weekend packed jam full of fun things to do! Lise, our roommate Shannen, her friend Kim and I went on a tour of Kondalilla Falls and Sunshine Coast Hinterland. There were two bus-loads of 94 people that went on this trip! So tons of people did it – we went at staggered times so it wasn’t too crowded. We had to meet at 8:45 am at the bus terminal at the school we signed in and headed on our way. Our first stop was about 30 minutes away at Kondalilla Falls. Basically it’s a rainforest. It was a 2 hour walk at a leisurely pace all around and through the area. Our first stop here was at a water hole and the base of a miniature water fall. So gorgeous and of course we were allowed to go swimming! The water was “freezing”, or so that’s what they said to warn us – sure it was colder than the ocean but it was refreshing! We swam around there for a while, swam to the waterfall and crawled up behind it which was cool. Warning before we got off the bus “Don’t jump off the rocks at the waterfall” well guess what most of the guys were doing?? Oh most certainly did all of them listen to this warning – NOT! Almost every single guy was jumping off the rocks – some girls too… Not I – I’m not that adventurous – I don’t even jump off the rocks at the camp – are you crazy! Anyway apparently the hole was over 60 feet deep so I guess it was relatively safe – no one got really hurt just belly flop burns I suppose… Oh and before we had decided to go swimming Shannen looked down to realize she had a leach stuck to her ankle – gross!! This was before we got in the water. Lise was trying to pull it off – but it was just growing – Nastiest (I don’t even know if that’s a word – but I just made it up to describe how I felt about that) thing I have ever seen (I was happy it wasn’t me – I would have freaked out!) Anyway I remembered I had chips in my bag and Lise picked it off with a salt and vinegar chip… Apparently it had happened to quite a few people in the same area – nasty little things… Moving on – so we continued our adventure through the rainforest – it didn’t rain that day which kind of sucked because apparently that’s when the “rainforest comes alive” with all the animals making an appearance… We were told we COULD see snakes (:S), goannas (aka lizards), bush turkeys, and KOALAS!! I really was hoping to see a koala but no such luck my friends – we didn’t see any animals really – just birds and one little tiny gecko thing… But let me tell you this – 2 hour “leisurely” walk – nearly killed us – the walk back up (I don’t mean that lightly) to the park was stairs, hills, and more stairs…. I was happy to see the top that’s for sure! Even when you thought you got to the top there were more stairs… It reminded me of Buddha…
So after that we jumped on the bus and headed to a little quaint touristy town called Maleny where we grabbed some grub – we were starving after that hike and a half!
After our bellies were satisfied we jumped back on the bus and headed for Mary Cairncross Park where we saw the “Glass House Mountains”. Which are live volcanic peaks – or something like that. In my opinion they were a little overrated – we could only see them from across the street and I guess it was kind of foggy that day so didn’t get great pictures – there were a few though. Anyway after we took some pictures of the Glass House Mountains we then went for another tour in a rainforest. This time we were really tired from our previous walk – and really wanted to see some animals! So I pulled a dad I wined and said “aww we haven’t even seen any critters yet – I just want to see a critter!” It worked – All of a sudden we saw something move right beside us in the bush – we saw a wallabie! We actually saw two – but they were fast critters – nothing like the kangas on campus these guys weren’t too fond of us humans – we did manage to get a quick picture though where you can kind of see them. Still no Koalas which I really wanted to see in the wild. Anyway after that we jumped back on the bus and headed home, we stayed in the rest of the night because we were all prettied drained – but it was a cool day with lots of picture opportunities!!
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