On Thursday morning we (unfortunately) had to check out of Mouses House and struck out to explore the park a little bit. Our first stop was Best Of All Lookout, which definitely lives up to the name. After a short walk through the forest you come to this - panoramic views of the mountains and coast stretching down into New South Wales. The whole Springbrook Plateau is actually the ancient remains of a volcanic rim, which you can see pretty clearly from the lookout.
We headed north through the park to get a little hiking in, and stopped at a small cafe for a couple of flat whites (ask Jeremy) for the trail. These beautiful Crimson Rosella parrots were hanging out in the trees outside.
We decided to hike the Twin Falls circuit, which is a nice 4km hike through the rainforest and past three little waterfalls. The first is a set called Twin Falls (hence the name) and the second is a single waterfall called Blackfellow Falls. The first falls are neat because you can hike right behind the water - it was really beautiful!
This is just a quick video of the approach to Blackfellow Falls.
There are signs like this one posted all along the trail which are really interesting to read. I thought I'd include a picture of this one because Garry from the glow worms actually warned us about this tree the night before! He pointed one out that we passed on the way down to the viewing area. His description of absolutely excruciating pain was a bit more dramatic than the sign makes it, but I'll still make sure I keep away from these things!!
Parts of the walk were so tropical and lush, I've never been in forest like this before! I love being here and both seeing and hearing things that I've never experienced before. I know a handful of the birds here, but there are so many that I'm clueless about. One of them is the Eastern Whipbird, which is only found on the east coast of Australia. Just like the name implies, it makes a fantastic whip-like noise. We heard them over and over while hiking but I couldn't seem to get it on video for you guys! I kept trying and trying....and finally captured it in the video below!
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