The skywalk near Mount Tamborine

Woke up to a very British morning, this morning. Overcast, a bit of rain in the air. It’s not set to get much better for a few days yet so we’ll just have to suck it up I guess.
We planned to head east today to Coolangatta to meet up with Celia and Eugene, OBC competitors and part inspiration for this trip in the first place. Looking at the map and the route we liked the look of through the mountains, we spotted a “Rainforest Skywalk” marked on the map and figured that would be our kind of place.

Pam on the skywalk

It’s probably not the best time of year to do a walk through the canopy of the rainforest but none the less it was interesting. Wildlife was a bit scarce but the trees were interesting enough and the information boards and plaques were good. The first part of the walk takes you through the upper canopy and then you walk along tracks that take you through the rainforest again at different levels.
After the walk we figured it was time for second breakfast and, fortunately, there’s a small cafe at the end of the walk that does decent coffee and cakes 🙂

At this point we set a course for Coolangatta and to save some of the stress we put the camp site address into Apple Maps and let the iPad do the navigating. We chose the route with the smallest motorway stretch on it of about 20km. Other than a small traffic tailback on the M1 due to roadworks (making us feel really at home !) we got there without a hitch.

Our Defender next to Celia and Eugene’s truck.

We had a really nice evening out, catching up with Celia and Eugene and lots of reminiscing about the OBC. We ended up watching the 2008 DVD for probably the first time. It all seems so long ago now but watching the DVD brings back all sorts of memories.
We’ve not decided where to go tomorrow yet, we’ll decide in the morning or just head south and see where we end up. It’s forecast to be raining again so not planning a trip to the beach.