Road Trip : Landsborough to Brisbane

Last nite I was lucky with my timing, about 5mins after I had parked the sky opened.. This wasn't quite as cold night as in Kybong but wasn't far off it. I had decided that today I go by my feelings, first stop was Big Kart Track, hadn't been drivin go-karts in past few years so I had to try that. I went there fairly early so I could avoid any rush but in a way that was a wee mistake since most of the time I was racing just against myself. About 10mins after I finished, track got a bit busier, dammit.. Oh well, since they have night racing as well, I would come here later on some Fri to have fun under the floodlights. Since it was gettin a bit 'late' I decided to leave 2nd day in Australia Zoo till later time but I drove there anyway, just to take a peek at the Wildlife Hospital. After that I sat awhile on net and booked my hostel for the first week in Brisbane. After that I drove to Glass House Mountains township, I had thought of camping close-by and have look at the Glass House Mountains National Park and maybe took a few walks as well in the area.

Later that day, after I had settled down at my camping ground and eaten my lunch I took a wee drive to Glass House Mountains Lookout and to the base of Mt Tibrogargan to take some photos, after that back to camping via township. I had ran out of beers so had to get few for this nite..

Mt Tibrogargan

Mt Beerwah & Mt Coonowrin

I was tryin to stay awake as long as I could so wouldn't wake up too soon, but.. I was up again by 7ish.. I was tryin to spend my mornin just playin music from my netbook and doin brekkie slowly.. ..and tryin to decide what to do next.. In the end, I decided to do that 2nd day in Australia Zoo a bit later since I wanted to do go-karts under floodlights at the same time. First I took a drive to the base of Mt Beerwah to take some close-ups but it was a bit too thick forest in front of me. On the previous day I had thought of tryin to climb to the summit of Mt Tibrogargan but I decided to tackle Mt Ngungun first, since it was easier, after that I'd decide whether or not try another climb. Bloody hell, climbing up to Mt Ngungun was at times pretty darn tough, althou it was only a small bit that was extremely steep.. But the views from up there.. ..somethin spectacular, again.. By the time I was back at the car park I felt a bit too tired to try to tackle
Mt Tibrogargan so I decided to head down south towards Brisbane. I took a break at BP on the motorway to get a connection to internet and to try to find a caravan park where to stay. Eventually, I found this place close to city and drove there for overnight.

Mt Ngungun

The next mornin it was time to start packing.. I had planned to book into my hostel on Fri and depending on the surroundings, I'd either park my camper there or just return it a day earlier. I almost missed my check-out time since was so concentrated on my packing but made it out just in time. Then I drove to see the area where my hostel was. Straight away I noticed that there wasn't gonna be any way to park my for overnight so I checked in, carried my stuff to my room and drove to return my camper. The address that I had in my papers wasn't valid anymore so I had to call to Cairns head office for new address but luckily it was close-by. Managed to drop my camper and took a taxi back to my hostel. Now it was time for a another

adventure, gettin to know Brisbane and finding a job somewhere here. This time I wanted it to be a 'proper' driving job. Well, I've got the whole weekend ahead of me to relax and enjoy and then it's back to reality and for job hunting.. And, unlikely you might thought, I wasn't on the road alone, I had my mascot with me.. Finally I've managed to him a name, Elmo.

Elmo