Springbrook National Park

We went to Springbrook National Park at the beginning of the week and decided to camp. What we didn't realise is that, due to the fact that the whole area is elevated about 900 meters, the temperature would drop to below freezing at night! Anyway, even though the nights were cold, it was nice and warm in the day and the area was amazingly beautiful.

On the first day we walked a 7km circuit to Purling Brook Falls, a dramatic 110m waterfall in the heart of the national park. Looking over the top was pretty scary as it was a long way down....and once we got to the bottom you could really see how the water had carved its way down the cliff over millions of years.

The next day we went to Wunburra Lookout, Canyon Lookout and the imaginatively named 'Best of All Lookout'. From Wunburra Lookout we could see all the way back to the coast and pick out the high-rise buildings of Surfers Paradise. Canyon Lookout had views of a huge canyon containing Twin Falls and Best of All Lookout was pearched on the highest part of the pleatu for breathtaking 360 degree views from the coast to deep into Queensland and even parts of New South Wales!

At the end of the day I walked round the Twin Falls Circuit, a 4km walk that took me past Rainbow Falls and under both of the waterfalls which made up the 'Twin Falls'. After two great days we left Springbrook National Park and headed for a place called Murwillumbah, to a hostel with free ice-cream, near Mt. Warning.....



The campsite



View from Wunburra Lookout



The top half of Purling Brook Falls



And the bottom half!



The view down from the top of Purling Brook Falls



View around the canyon



The view from 'Best of All Lookout', down to a town



The view back to Surfers Paradise from Canyon Lookout



More views of mountains from Canyon Lookout



This pic was taken from behind Purling Brook Falls



Rainbow Falls, can you guess why its called that?!



And again, took me ages to get a pic with two rainbows in!