Daniel's Big Australian Holiday!

 Day 133 - Tuesday - 29/9/2026 Today we packed up the van in the rain and the drove to Toowoomba. Day 134 - Wednesday - - 30/9/2026 Today we went to the Toowoomba Flower Festival where we saw some impressive flower art. At first, we were down the bottom next to some flowers but then we went to a lookout where we saw the pictures the flowers were making.  A dog from bottom view The top view There were also some topiaries of animals and stuff like that all around the place.  An elephant  After seeing the flowers at Queens Park, we went back to the vans to have lunch and then drove to a lookout at Picnic Point where we had a very good view. Once we got back to the vans we went for a short walk around a nearby creek where we saw a male Satin Bowerbird.  A male Satin Bowerbird His Bower 

Day 131 - Tuesday - 29/9/2026 Today we left Dingo and drove to Cania Gorge where at 4pm we were given some seeds to feed the hundreds of Rainbow Lorikeets and King Parrots at the caravan park, they would even jump on your arms to try get some sunflower seeds.  Lorikeets fighting on my arm The Rainbow Lorokeets Feeding the Kings at our van At dinner we had a fire, burned some sticks and toasted marshmallows. Day 132 - Monday - 28/9/2026 Today we went on some walks at Cania Gorge, the first of which being a short 1.8km walk to the two-storey cave. We first walked into the King Orchid Chasm where there were a bunch of orchids growing on the wall except, they were looking a bit sad because the area was practically in drought.  Soon after we reached the two-storey cave which we went inside and then we climbed up to the second storey and saw some bats and also a had a good view.  Me and Seb in the two storey cave Then we went on a walk through the gorge where we headed to the d...

Day 129 - Friday - 27/9/2026 Today we left 1770 and drove to Dingo where we set up camp and there was what we think was the first thunderstorm on the trip. Day 130 - Saturday - 26/9/2026 Today we drove into the Blackdown Tablelands where we first went on a 100m walk to a lookout where we had a spectacular view of all the mountain ranges around. After that we went on a 3.6km walk to 2-mile creek which was a small waterfall with some lush vegetation around.  2 Mile Creek A random bug that dad photographed that turned out to be the super rare Sandstone Ochre! Next we drove to Rainbow Waters where we walked 2km and over 240 steps down to the falls where we saw some big skinks.  Rainbow Waters Nobbi Dragon Although the falls didn’t have much water coming over it there was still a big pool of water at the bottom with trees surrounding it. Then we walked back up to the stairs to some circular rock pools at the top of the falls where we had a swim and jumped of the rocks into the deep...

Day 127 - Wednesday - 23/9/2026 Today, we walked down to the beach and paddled around in the water before heading back to the vans for lunch. At 2:00 PM, we hopped onto the LARC which stands for Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo  and drove straight into the ocean!  The guide taught us about how 1770 got its name for when Captain Cook landed there. Us in front of the LARC Because it can travel on both land and water, we easily propelled our way across the bay.  The LARC in the water When we reached the other side, we drove right up out of the water and onto the sand, where we spotted some amazing birds.  A young Crested Tern After the LARC we went on a very short walk to the Bustard Bay lookout, it was windy but the views were good. The view at the lookout. Day 128 - Thursday - 24/9/2026 Today we stayed at the caravan park where we did schoolwork and for dinner we went to a restaurant at the marina called Barraca by the Sea which was one of the best meals we had on...

Day 126 - Tuesday - 22/9/2026 This morning we woke up at 5:45 because Grandma and Grandpa had to move their caravan and we all had to get ready to go to Lady Musgrave Island. We boarded the boat for our tour with 1770 Reefs and then cruised over the calm but still bumpy ocean for 1 hour and 30 minutes until we hit the lagoon where the water was still. We split up into three groups, and our group went on a glass bottom boat to the island first. Once we got on the boat, we drove around looking at fish and coral until we reached the island which we walked around. We started off the walk through the Pisonia forest where we saw hundreds of Black Noddys in their nests, and some Buff Banded Rails.  Walking through the Pisonia Forest Black Noddy Buff-banded Rail Soon we cleared through the trees onto the beach where we walked along the shore until we got back to the glass bottom boat and headed back to the main big boat.  The beach Lady Musgrave was a small island similar size to the ...

Day 123 - Saturday - 19/9/2026 Today we went on another walk this time to Boolimba Bluff at the top of the gorge. The start of the walk was pretty easy but then we hit a short but strenuous 300m to the top where we had to climb ladders and heaps of stairs.  Walking to the top Once we reached the lookouts, we had a spectacular view of Carnarvon gorge and the mountain ranges around it.  Canarvon Gorge We spent a while at the lookouts and then walked back down to the cars where we then drove back to the vans had lunch and then went swimming in a waterhole.    Us at the waterhole Day 124 - Sunday - 20/9/2026 Today at around ten we went on a short walk along Mickey Creek. The interesting part of the walk was the two gorges, Mickey Creek Gorge and Warrumbah  Gorge. We first walked into Mickey creek gorge which was a short climb over some rock through the gorge.  The second gorge, Wurrumba Gorge was a narrow cool gap in the rock that we climbed pretty far into bef...

 Day 121 - Thursday - 17/9/2026 Today we left Emerald and drove to Canarvon Gorge where we set up and went for a walk along the river to see if we could see a platypus. We saw a small turtle and a snake swimming in the water but no platypus. Day 122 - Friday - 18/9/2026 Today we went on the longest walk yet on the holiday that was approximately 14km through Carnarvon Gorge. We started the walk almost instantly with a creek that we had to cross multiple times on the walk as it flowed through the verry middle of the gorge.  Crossing the creek At points in the walk, it was hard to distinguish being in the gorge because of its wide walls, despite having huge, tall walls the trees followed the steep climb leading to cliffs shotting strait up waking it had to see the walls considering being in the lower parts of the gorge most of the walk. First, we walked to the Amphitheatre which we had to climb some ladders to get to.  Climbing the ladders The amphitheatre was a narrow chasm...