More Moments from Lamington NP

red-necked paddy melon

Wonga vine

strangler fig tree

Christmas bells

staghorn fern in early stages and ...

... much more mature staghorn fern below with other species of fern growing above it

 

bird's nest ferns

spores on underside of bird's nest fern

Jock on the tree-top walk

another bower of blue ornaments (note all the bottle caps - I can't help wondering what the satin bower bird's decorations were before the advent of blue plastic...)

misty morning on our last walk 

 

 

Jock trying to see the hoop pine's top

hoop pine bark

This brush turkey accompanied us for several KM on our walk and finally turned back at this large hoop pine.

 

We loved walking on the narrow roads through the towering trees of Lamington. I believe that such roads would only exist on private land at home because municipalities are all too worried about liability and cut down everything close to the road. On our way out, we followed 2 large transport trucks being driven by student-drivers. Annoying in the extreme when you're trying to get to Brisbane to catch a plane but we did admire their skill in negotiating these trees hugging the roadsides.

This hill was my cardio workout that morning!

 

looking up ...

colonization

 

These flowering bushes always gave me pleasure

 

 

My last fling with the parrots at O'Reilly's in Lamington NP

 

 

 

Crimson rosellas and king parrots would land on our heads, hats or shoulders even if we didn't have food for them. I wonder if they actually could survive on their own in the wild if they had to...