Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Kondalilla Rainforest


The Crew

At orientation week I made heaps of friends from all over the world including France, Sweden, Germany, New Caledonia, and Australia. We decided to take a trip to the Kondalilla NP back in February. Kondalilla means "Place of Rushing Waters" in the Aboriginal language. The hike was circuit down the rainforest mountainside.

At one point we had to chose at a fork in the path for which way to take down. We turned left and down we went on a skinny path that was practically one giant mud slide puddle and the air was like breathing water. The walk down was beautiful with tropical trees (10ft in diameter), mosses and creatures.

Fungi


Once we reached the bottom of the mountain we were graced by a huge waterfall (hence the cool name). We were in awe by the beauty of the natural world around us as we enjoyed a nice misting at the foot of the falls. Cut short for time we decided to make our way back up the mountainside. Apparently we chose the wrong way down because we had to climb an entire mountain of poorly maintained stair on the way back. Talk about a serious workout and burning calf muscles!  



Fern

Waterfall!
 




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