Monday October 9 – Friday October 13, 2017
Time for a little R and R. Some tennis, ski and board paddling, body surfing, swimming. A lovely few days at our favourite little apartment at Rainbow Bay. (Bayview).

Friday October 13, 2017
Decision time. Where to go. Weather was forecast for rain so we postponed North Stradbroke Island for a few days and headed to Binna Burra in the Lamington National Park. My decision as I thought it might be nice to go for a hike or two.  We arrived and set up late today as we wanted to buy a few camping things but not too late. Still a little daylight left. A nice little campsite in the bush.

Saturday October 14, 2017
Lamington National Park, Gold Coast hinterland.

We set off early 8;45am on a 19km/8 hour hike. Coomera Cirrcuit. We saw a bush wallaby within the first 10 mins, then some birds and Pop even heard a catbird. The track was amazing. One of the best we have ever walked. The rainforest and waterfalls were beautiful and the temperature very pleasant for hiking. We got rained on a couple of times but even that was ok as we had out wet weather gear. We extended the loop a bit by adding in Dacelo Lookout (no view as very foggy). We then went along the Hogwee track bypassing the mountain climb as too foggy and finished off along Tungawal loop to the finish. We got back about 3:30pm. Only 6.5hrs. We had a cuppa at the tea house and headed back to camp. At about 5pm the heavens opened up and the forecast rain came down in torrents.

Sunday October 15, 2017
The weather is feral. It rained heavy all night although we still managed to stay dry. Decision time. Our favourite. To stay or pack up wet gear. My choice to stay.  DB not sure but s bit more in favour of going. I think. We procrastinated so long it was too late to pack up. We were still deciding at 11 and we should have been packed up by 10. That showed we weren’t in a hurry to pack up. Oh well what to do but go back to bed and read. We went for lunch and a cuppa at the cafe to have a change of scenery. Great rest.

Monday October 16, 2927
It rained very heavily last night. Lucky we put the gazebo over our tent as I think we would have been in all sorts of trouble. 100mm of rain in 24hrs. How to go about packing up. Everything was so wet. Lucky for is the rain eased off to a drizzle. We managed to pack up and head for dry and comfort. Next stop Coolangatta apartment Bella Mare for 3 nights to recover.