Well another beautiful weekend and Happy new year and why waste it inside. I have been to Mt Tambourine many many years ago but never did the Rainforest Skywalk, so a day on the mountain and stroll through the Rainforest Skywalk looks good, then we can see if we could find anything else, sounded like a good plan. So grumpy and I packed up the car and switched on the GPS.
It was a a beautiful drive watching all the changing scenery, we were quite surprised to see so many car parking down at the Thunderbird Park we may have a look a little later. Think we picked the most popular time to visit the skywalk as the car parks were full, we were lucky and got a park in the top car park the place is beautiful you can feel the soft rain though the area.
The area is peaceful, so heading up to the shop slash Birdwing cafe to buy our tickets. We also brought coffees and something to eat and sat on the outside deck area taking it all in, plus a quick pit stop the facilities are very clean.
As you enter the walk area there is a great information area to read and look at, then its out onto the Skywalk , the minute you walk out you feel the coolness of the rain forest. The views are amazing as you look down into the forest, over the rain forest and waterfall, you are walking 30 meteres above breathtaking.
The trails marking were clear to read and follow the pathway is cleared and maintained, the information signs are quite interesting about the area. So once you have finished the high part it is still an easy walk down to the creek lookout, you can hear the running water beautiful.
Paying $19 each adult we were not going to rush around so we had a easy walk down and back which took us about an hour, but we did see a lot of people come and go, enjoyed the little bit about logging in the area at the end before going back inside to the gift shop. So back at the start I had a quick look around brought another sticker for the book and back to the car, we thought we would have a look and the Thunderbird Park to see if we can look for some thunder eggs.
There is plenty to do at this activity park/ camp grounds, the place is very open and hot and has a small car park. There are a collection of outdoors activities including Mini Golf, Thunder egg mining, horse riding, laser skirmish and a treetop challenge, all the activities are owned and managed by different operators. The Thunder egg mining is the big hit, but at $24 per adult was out of budget this time, on a side note wear closed in shoes if that's why your going.
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| Rock pools |
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| Bird Feeding |
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| outside Thunder Egg Mine |
The only things that are free are the bird feeding at 2:00pm everyday, boy the noise but fun having sit on your hand, and swimming in the rock pools oh and to look around. The thunder egg mining is the draw card but i would suggest coming and doing a specific activity only as they all look enjoyable but do cost.
In a hunt to find out more to do we took a drive up to the Information Centre and finding a fantastic fish and chip shop we had lunch in the park before heading up to Rotary lookout and then a bit further on. While we enjoyed our picturesque views we started planning our next trip up here to this beautiful Hinterland with its rain forest and bush walks and many other enjoyable activities. It is a top day trip destination.
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| At the Lookout |
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