"Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark)" wrote in
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HI,
I'm considering a trip to Australia in the March-April
time frame next year....
Scenic parks,
wildlife preserves, waterfalls, and mountains top my interests.

Thanks in advance
Roger



Hi Roger

I'm not familiar with the Sydney area, but if your heading north to Qld,
try checking out the area around the Qld/NSW border. Lots of great
opportunities to be had. (Some of the links aren't great but they were the
best I found in a short time!)

The Byron bay (just in NSW) area is a great coastal spot. Headlands, open
beaches and a pretty famous lighthouse sitting on the most easterly point of
Aus. Byron bay itself is on the coast and is surround by rolling hills,
almost reminiscent of English countryside, dotted with cattle and macadamia
nut farms. Eg:
http://www.tropicalnsw.com.au/aaa_si...hinterland.jpg

The hills lead into the Wollumbin Caldera, the remains of an old volcano
just north of Byron of which Mt. Warning is the core. It's the first place
in the country to get sun of a morning. The mountains aren't huge but there
pretty spectacular. Eg:
http://www.tropicalnsw.com.au/aaa_si...mt_warning.jpg

Just north of Mt Warning is Lamington nation park. Another amazing place
with as many waterfalls as you'd want and enough wildlife to start an ark...
http://lamington.nrsm.uq.edu.au/MainMenu.html The veiws you get from some
of the walks in the park are great.

An hour north west of Lamington NP will get you to the Border ranges NP.
More mountains there but the area around it has a totally different feel.
eg...
http://www.tropicalnsw.com.au/aaa_si...er_ranges2.jpg

A couple of hours north from Lamington NP and your at the Glass house
mountains. These things stick up out of the ground like giant fingers and
have to be some of the most photogenic formations in QLD... eg:..
http://www.walkabout.com.au/fairfax/...ountains.shtml
http://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel...andqld/guide/g
lass-house-mountains

All these places are within 1 - 2 hours drive from Brisbane (Qld's capital
city), so theres plenty to see and do.

If you want any more info, feel free to ask!

Anthony