Day 10: "Mountains" and the Beach

Today was a day of gorgeousness and pictures. I checked out of my hostel early this morning, met up with Emil and got picked up by Joe, and after a quick stop by the house, we headed out to Glasshouse Mountains to meet up with Joe's friends. The "mountain" we ended up climbing was called Ngungun, and it only took about twenty minutes to get to the top. Call that a mountain???

It was one of those hikes where you have to put in very little effort for a big payoff (the best kind). Halfway up, we found a pseudo-cave, which I assume was some sort of lava tube, and of course I climbed into it. So did Emil. We were the only ones in our group.

Then we went on to the "summit", which can hardly be called a summit because never should it take twenty minutes to get to the top of a mountain. The view was absolutely spectacular, though, since the surrounding country is so flat, and I took about a million pictures. We spent an hour at the top, just delighting in the scenery and finding cool places to take even more pictures. The best ones are on Emil's camera, though. I'll try to steal them from him later to share with you.


Once we'd finished with the mountains, the whole group stopped for lunch at a tavern/bar, and then we went out to Bribie Island to see the Pacific Ocean. It was absolutely gorgeous, and it was kind of nice to know that all you lovely folks were on the other side of it.


Oh, and there were some ninjas.


And a car.

:) Love you all!
Morgan