Blasted down the highway, south from Brisbane, and decided that maybe we could find beach camping on the "Gold Coast". Big mistake. It's developed to the max, with high rise apartments and all the beaches ringed with buildings. Had to keep rolling south, with the moon shining down with only it's bottom edge lit, just like a big bright smile.
We spent the night in a highway rest area, no cost, and with ear plugs, no noise.
In the morning, there was a table for making coffee and breakfast, and facilities...
We were hoping to meet the Swans near Mt. Warning National Park, and to our surprise, there was the mountain visible from our parking spot.
Here's some big curlews or something in a palm tree.
We got into Mt. Warning National Park, looked around, left a message at the camper park for the Swans and did some exploring.
We took a drove up and along the rim of the Tweek Caldera, the largest volcanic caldera in the southern hemisphere. This view is from the Blackbutt lookout on the north side. Mt. Warning is the high spot in the core of the caldera, visible in the left distance.
This big boy, a carpet snake, was in the road as we came back down the rim road. He was at least 7 feet long, and acted rather agressive, but we were told this species is very hard to annoy...
We met the Swans at the campground, chilled out, and will climb to the summit of Mt. Warning in the morning. It is the first spot that the sun hits this continent in the morning, but we won't be there that early. Hiking in the dark in snake country is still a bit beyond us. Later.
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