Week Two - Botanical Gardens and Mt. Tamborine

On Monday, June 2,we stayed pretty close and just headed up to the local gardens, Mt. Cootha Botanical Gardens. Riley loved the ducks that came up to greet us at the edge of the pond. After walking around the gardens for a while, we grabbed some coffee before heading home.
On Tuesday, June 28, headed down the coast to Mt. Tamborine to walk along a rain forest skywalk and then hike down to Cedar Creek Falls. The skywalk weaved across the canopy of the rain forest before descending down to the rain forest floor where a small waterfall trickled down into the creek. As we drove up the mountain it was beautiful to watch the foliage change from the regular forest to the rain forest. After making the walk through the rain forest we headed down the mountain to the Cedar Creek Falls. We very quickly walked down to the water pools at the bottom of the falls as rain was moving in and we were going to have quite a hike back up. In any case, it was a beautiful day filled with breathtaking views and scenery.

Early morning play with Aunty Lizzy

Riley pointing out the ducks in the pond at the Botanical Gardens

At the Botanical Gardens...every child must have their picture taken in this strange sculpture
Sisters!

Laura with ice cream all over her face

Riley with his Aunties

On the Skywalk at Mt. Tamborine

We even saw a few creepy crawlers along the way

On the rainforest floor in front of the stream

View of the forest canopy

View of a portion of the skywalk from the forest floor

Mommy and Riley having afternoon tea

Cedar Creek Falls

Mommy, Daddy and Riley at the bottom of the falls

View of pools as we hiked back up

Riley hiking in style!