Borumba Dam Deer Park QLD

Well yet another week over and it saw Ilana and I pack up the car and head off towards Imbil, North West of Brisbane to Borumba Dam and Deer Park. The drive is approximately 2 hrs from Brisbane. The deer park is owned and run by Col and Rosa Huddy. The Deer Park has 5 Different types of Accommodation options. Deluxe Cabin, Budget Cabin On Site Vans, Powered Sites and Camping. Our Camping site was appropriately called Goanna Gully. Cost for camping was only $10.00 per night per person. Steve gives quite an insightful commentary on the four different types of deer they have at the park. The kiosk offers Canoe / Kayak hire. The Deer Park offers a Childrens Playground as well. Fire wood is for sale by the crate or the wheel barrow load. Our site was located by the swimming hole (therefore very busy traffic area). The Park offers a large communal cooking area with gas appliances and a large projection screen television for those must not miss footy games. There are some bush ticks currently present, one found my head a nice place to dig into, but they are not poisionous. A short drive up the road will lead to Borumba Dam face, and an area where people can launch there water craft. We noticed another camp site on the way up to the Dam wall. It was much smaller than the Deer Park, but there were not as many kids there due to not having the amenities for children.

Kookie

One of Australia's most famous birds, the Native Australian Kingfisher,

or The kookaburra is the largest kingfisher. The laughing kookaburra has a short thick body with a very large head with a dark eye streak. Their colourings are mainly brown with black markings on top with a creamy whit underbelly and head, and "mottled" blue patch on their wings. They are famous for their laughing calls which usually occur at dawn and dusk and is in fact the kookaburra "marking out" its territory

The intrepid explorers

Nightcap National Park (Whian Whian)

Hi all,

Nightcap national park is in NSW about 30 kilometres north of Lismore and 30 kilometres south-east of Murwillumbah. To stay at Whian Whian will cost you AU$10.00 per person per night for Camping only. It is not set up for camper-trailers. A stunning setting in the national park. I noticed early in the mornings when people start getting up and lighting fires it is probably better described as smokey hollow with all the morning camp fires starting up. But in saying that it is still a beautiful place to wake up in. Fire wood is supplied. There is a communal camp kitichen. Two types of toilets are available. One is non flush (utilising biochemical treatment) and an interesting self flush toilet. Multipul walks are available from Whian Whian camping grounds. Take the Boggy Creek walk for 2 hrs which will bring you to the top of Minyon Falls. Your choice then is to take the 4-5hr walk across the top of the gorge down to the base of the Falls. In MY OPINION only, Minion Falls surpass any falls I have seen in the Top End of Australia (Northern Territory for non Australians). The walk to the base of the falls see's walkers CLIMBING monoliths to get to the waterfall pools at the bottom, (so not recommended to the very young or those who have major disabilities.) However in saying that, the walk in is well worth it. From the car park at Minyon Grass which is a 1.5 hour walk in see's the walker traverse a well tracked downward slope of 1:7, dropping 70mtrs over 500 mtrs of track. You will experience bushland eucylpt forest to subtropical rainforest at the bottom. In summer the waterfall pools at the bottom will be very very popular. Bring you own water when hiking and definately when camping. Whian Whain offers the opportunity to see Koala's, Spotted Tail Quols and Platapus in the crystal clear creeks.

My virgin blog

Hi to all, this is my very first, virgin blog, I am rather unsure of the ethic's or protocols of blogging, but I am sure someone may let me know, as is with all things in life, it is a learned experience.
Any hoo, I'm an Australian male (Aussie bloke) who loves to go camping anywhere there is nature to be found, and lets face it thats just about every where (with the exception of All Capital Cities). I endevour to post all my camping travels here so other like minded people can possibly see what it's like and view pictures of where I have been. I hope other like minded people out there will check it out and let me know of there experiences and likewise there recommendations.