King Parrot on the edge of the park.
Lack of wind and a desire for cooler temps saw us heading into the hills, back up to the rain forest in Springbrook to run. But spring is here and along the way there are a multitude of little stands (or vans!) with folks selling a bit of this, a bit of that - whatever they grow in their yards.
Mango season is almost on us!
We have been getting a fair bit of rain and some real downpours on the GC. The creeks are still pretty full in the park (nowhere the levels we saw during the big floods in June!) It has been a strange season - we have fair rain here but if you go N or west - (just 40 km or do), they have severe water shortages.
That is the ocean back there (the horizon). This was only a short loop (5 km) - we couldn't do the 17 km loop.. well... it was closed (due to flood damage). Really! (and we probably didn't want to just jump in and run 17 km anyway...)
At least this part of the cliff was safe from falling stuff! Elsewhere the trail runs at the base and you just hop no nitwit drops rock off the trail above!
We did hear a peregrine near here - the jungle can be irritating - we both heard it and tracked it as it screeched through the trees - but we never spotted it!
My favorite bit of this trail - a long stretch behind the water curtain - this is a place I will be heading for once the big summer monsoon rains hit!
As we finished the loop and Nancy turned around to do it again, she passed a family (who we had just passed as they headed down) the little girl said "Hi again!. Oh look - she's going around again!")
A verdant jungle - moss everywhere.
A rare and illegal view peering over the top of Purling Brook Falls - I didn't notice the "no admittance" sign until I headed back to the trail. The sign was really quite small and the rocks leading to the edge just beckoned! Would be a bad place to pitch from....
We stopped at our favorite store on the way out - this is a fairly habituated Scarlet Rosella - The King Parrot at the top of the page was also here - quite the nice little birding spot!
But - the REAL reason to go the Springbrook to run - you get to stop at the fudge store on the way back! - Double chocolate and Ginger Fudge pictured!
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