Mount Warning Climb

October 11, 2011

Mount Warning Climb Mt Warning climb is best described as four hours of strenuous effort. You spend a lot of your time watching your footing; the ground is rocky and uneven. Paying attention to where you are walking and being aware of your surrounding is important this isn’t that easy when you have your head [...]

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Currumbin Beach Swell Sculpture Festival

September 15, 2011

It’s Swell Sculpture Festival time again… Its hard to believe that its 12 months since the last Swell Festival. This is undoubtedly the best time of the year to visit and walk along beautiful Currumbin Beach and soak up all the diverse art featured. ‘A Passion for Patience’ is the name of this intricate art [...]

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Mount Cougal Final Ascent at Last!

July 13, 2011

Mt Cougal East Summit Third time lucky they say and how good it felt to make the top of Mount Cougal’s east summit. Around 7.45am we were driving down the Garden of Eden Road, which was littered with branches and foliage, the remnants of some rough recent weather. On our right was Mt Warning bathed [...]

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The First Ascent of Mount Cougal

July 2, 2011

The First Ascent of Mount Cougal Saturday 20 October 1928 It’s hard to believe that just beyond the white sands and pounding surf, our cold beers and bottles of wine is a rugged country. On a clear day you can catch fleeting glimpses of this beautiful landscape called the Gold Coast hinterland as you drive [...]

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Oceanwalk Palm Beach to Miami Beach – Gold Coast

May 1, 2011

Oceanway Palm Beach to Miami Beach After being distracted over the last few months with 3 overseas business trips, it was time to have a decent walk not just a stroll along the beach. This walk is around 14 kilometres round trip not a biggie for seasoned walkers but none the less a fair walk. [...]

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Tallebudgera Conservation Park Walking Track – Paradise Lost!

March 20, 2011

Update for this page the 700 metres of boardwalk from David Fleay Wildlife Park has been completed and the boardwalk is a huge improvement on the last one. However the section further along to link this walking track to Koala Park is still under construction. Hopefully in the not too distant future we will be [...]

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