Here you’ll find the photos to go with my blog post
- Off I go on my walk to Eagle Heights and back, brolly in hand
- You are never far from a national park here, wherever you walk
- The children’s playground at Doughty Park, designed to blend with the landscape
- One of the first camellias of the season, blooming by the side of the road
- A native hibiscus is glorious boom – and very popular with ants
- The footpath alongside Geissman Drive
- The path turns away from the road…
- …then back towards it through a patch of rainforest
- Pretty pink lilies blooming by the side of the track
- A touch of Scotland in the subtropics – Stonehaven Manor guesthouse
- The footbridge over Cedar Creek
- Cedar Creek flowing towards Curtis Falls
- Tall Trees Motel
- Trees felled by the Big Storm of Jan 25-27
- Damage to the boardwalk from falling trees
- This house used to be surrounded by trees – but not any more, since the storm!
- The gentle curves of Eagle Heights Road joining Eagle Heights to North Tamborine.
- An old shed
- Wheel-of-Fire flowering beside the road
- The southern end of Gallery Walk
- Local businesses reflect aspects of this community
- ..some aspects are elegantl like this crystal jewellery shop…
- …and some are whacky….
- A shot down Gallery Walk – Tamborine’s main tourist trap
- The gallery (right) where my friend Maureen works
- One of the winery outlets on Gallery Walk – the barrels are empty!
- One of several Gallery Walk coffee shops
- The southern end of Gallery Walk
- Green tunnels abound on Tamborine
- …and so do avocado trees, in orchards and in gardens, remnants of a once-profitable industry
- Storm damage is still visible down Eagle Heights Road
- Large homes here stay secluded behind their gates..
- ..but small cottages don’t mind showing themselves – this one belongs to friends Jean and Giacomo
- Another friends’ house, near where we used to live
- And here’s a shot of our old house or part thereof..the big garden is at the back…we don’t miss it!
- A glimpse down the drive of the house opposite our old place – it’s up for sale.
- Eagle Heights shopping village – ugly but useful.
- The street past the shops
- Penny Lane, down which I begin my journey home
- One of several interesting houses in little Huyber Lane
- …this one is in traditional Queensland style..
- …this one is a more modern 1970s-style bungalow set well back from the road
- …this is an ultra-modern timber job…
- …across the road is these steep-roofed colonial,,,
- …and here’s the mod style becoming very popular now on the mountain
- The local Indian restaurant – like everyone else it’s been too wet for them to cut the grass!
- The Amore guesthouse built in traditional mountain style
- The ultra-modern boutique brewery and cheese factory
- Loquat in flower
- Bungunyah Manor – one of the mountain’s oldest traditional hostelries
- Some new homes have large and formal gardens but the rainforest lurks behind, ready to reclaim its own
- My favourite garden centre
- Another of our green tunnels
- A sneak shot of our well-secluded primary school
- …and on the opposite corner this little church, now a restaurant
- One of our several local parks
- Some of the old pioneer farmhouses still remain
- An empty field by Curtis Road, reminder that this was once a dairying and fruit/veg growing area
- Curtis Road – steep hill ahead where we used to freewheel our bikes
- I love this old bolly gum – looks like an Ent with Arthritis!
- Looking back the other way
- One of the mountain’s poshest houses…
- …a glimpse inside the gates
- This driveway feature blocks any views of the house, set a long way back…
- …you have to get up on a rise to take a long shot…
- ..here’s a back view and note peculiar Indian-type feature in foreground.
- …and over the road there’s this modest farm and nice old tractor
- Another of Tamborine’s many elegant gateways
- Cedar Creek just above the footbridge pictured earlier
- On the other side of the road there’s this peaceful pool where a platypus lives
- Everyone is out mowing their lawns before the next lot of rain – and some people have a lot of lawn to mow!
- The end of Curtis Road – nearly home!
- Peat Crossing, named after dear Jim Peat who planted much of the vegetation around here
- I go left up this shady little path towards the road home
- …crossing Plunkett Creek on the way, near where it joins Cedar Creek
- This large and shiny land mullet was sunning itself by the side of the path
- Back on the track home…
- …passing the new public loo…
- …and the war memorial….
- …and crossing the road at the entry to the village…
- passing Clancy’s Bar (I didn’t stop!)
- …and our solicitor, where I dropped off some papers…
- past Capo Lane which leads to home…
- …and the physiotherapy place…
- …and Hillbilly Coffee where the younger set hang out…
- …and the local Little Theatre (they show movies too)
- …to Spice of Life cafe where I have a coffee before heading home up the street in front, reaching Capo the “back” way. And feeling quite tired after my long walk.