O’Reilly’s, Lamington National Park
We were still at O’Reilly’s in Lamington National Park, and with Carole on crutches today, we did a more sedate 4WD trip this morning with Matt to Moonlight Crag and then to Luke’s Farm for damper and billy tea. Matt kept an interesting and informative dialogue as we passed certain spots, including stopping for us to shoot a massive Coastal Carpet Python.

Moonlight Crag
We stopped at Moonlight Crag, but there was so much low cloud that we couldn’t see anything—we were completely socked in. The view over Lamington National Park is great when you can see it. Having no joy there, we continued to Luke’s Farm. This was lower down the mountain, so we were below the clouds. Now, the view was fabulous from here.

Matt made a fire and started boiling the billy. Morning tea was billy tea or coffee and damper with butter, delicious!


The Noisy Miners are well used to people calling in with damper, and they didn’t take long to turn up and start waiting for crumbs. With morning tea done, Matt drove us back to O’Reilly’s.

Birds of Prey Show
In the afternoon, the skies cleared, and the sun appeared. With Carole still on crutches, we headed over to the Birds of Prey show, parking as close as I could for her; she still had to hobble along a gravel path. The show was only about 30 minutes but quite good, with the bird handler very informative and full of humour.


