Now and then I enjoy taking the time to get away from the PC and get some fresh air. This often requires going to places away from the everyday comings and goings, and truly finding the fresh air. This past weekend I had the chance to get out in the forests near the iconic QLD Glasshouse Mountains.
We went to the official lookout for the area and whilst it had great views, it was such that you could only look towards one or 2 of the mountains at one time, and I was hoping for a decent panorama image.
After some other interesting discoveries, we came across a track heading up to the top of a hill. The track was steep and rather rough. Water had washed big ruts in the track and large boulders had been exposed making it tough for our small 4x4 to keep going.
We stopped and walked the rest of the track to the top of the hill. (Which, incidentally, works well with my new fitness goals.)
At the top we found a radio antenna and a small hut. Presumably this was used at one stage by forest rangers looking out for bush fires in the forest.
A lot of the floorboards were gone and the ones that remained looked in bad shape so I didn't go past the top of the steel staircase.
Needless to sad, there wasn't anything there besides some graffiti and a presumably still functional radio antenna.
The view however was amazing and I did regret not bringing along my DSLR. I will know better next time.
It's amazing the things you can find when you take some time to get out of the house and go looking for some fresh air. Especially when you have a 4x4 vehicle and some great forest area already covered in tracks and trails.
My journeys through these forests so far have netted some amazing views, interesting places to explore and big mud bogs that left us looking like mud monsters of some sort. Not to mention the time it took to get the mud out of the car once we were unstuck and back in civilisation.
Take some time to get out and really find some fresh air. Spend a day hiking up a mountain or 4x4ing your way through some interesting landscape. Your body and your mind will thank you for it, and you might come back with some great memories.You will certainly come back with a fresh mind ready to get back into the daily grind.
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