5. Border Ranges N P

We didn’t make a decision for our next destination till 10 minutes prior to our departure from Mullumbimby. The weather forecast had been for 7 days of rain over a radius of a few hundred kilometres with an added complication of school holidays for the next two weeks which eliminated the nearby coastal locations. 

So we headed about a hundred kilometres inland to the Border Ranges National Park, a World Heritage listed rainforest located at the southern end of Lamington National Park, Queensland. We set up camp in the Sheepstation Creek camping area.

 

Camped at Sheepstation camp ground

 

As soon as we made camp we felt a calmness flow through our bodies. The rainforest setting with a view of greenery from every window of the caravan was sensational. The chorus of many birds in the background was wonderful with the shrillest sounds coming from whip-birds and bell birds.

 

A whip bird calling

 

Early evening we were mesmerized by groups of fire flies. They looked like aircraft flying at night with a flashing body.

We contentedly walked for hours along many tracks through the rainforest, day after day. It was such a pleasurable experience.

 

Rainforest walking paths

 

It was exceptionally stimulating to be in a rainforest environment which will be imbedded in our good thoughts memory cells for years as no photograph could show just how beautiful and striking the rainforest environment is.

Once again a couple of planned nights eventuated into seven nights spent at Sheepstation Creek camp.