We slept a lot better without rain overnight. We got up and went to the Glasshouse Mountains station side for breakfast, where we found a little cafe. We walked out quite full. The sun was shining, so it was a lovely day – ~17 degrees at 8.30. After breakfast we went back and had a shower, ready to see what the day would bring us.
Our first destination was the Glasshouse Mountains Lookout. It was about a 20 minute drive, but took us a bit longer as we were on a roadworks area, so I missed a turn off. The GPS recalculated a route for us, but after 5 minutes of driving it turned in to a dirt road. So we turned back, and eventually made it to the lookout – it was worth the effort!
We did a summit walk at the lookout, which was supposed to be 45 minutes / 800m. We had finished it in about 25 minutes, but it was lovely being in the fresh air. It was warm in the sun, but cool in the shade.
We got back in the car, and stopped at the cafe at “Glass on Glasshouse” for a ginger beer (we were still too full to eat anything), and just sat and relaxed for a while. Then back in the car and off to Mount Beerwah. It seemed like that was more of an experienced climbers hike, but we walked a bit of the way. We stopped, had a rest, and turned back, just before the “Do Not Stop” zone – the reason there was a “Do Not Stop” zone? Because it’s the high risk “rock fall” area. It was an easy enough trail to follow, but quite steep in areas, so we were getting warm and tired.
After we got back to the car, we drove around to Mount Tibberoowuccum, but missed the car park, so we followed the road all the way back to the Steve Irwin highway, and then in to Beerwah. We went to a bakery for a spot of lunch – just a “fully loaded Ham sub”, and a drink. By now I was getting tired, so we went back to the motel and had a snooze, while Kaoru did some reading. There was a lot more traffic on the road!
Once I was rested we walked a few hundred metres up the road from the motel, to look in the “antiques” store nearby. We also bought a milk shake on the way back for 3sies, and sat out in the sun at the motel for a while. We just passed away the rest of the afternoon.
For dinner we drove in to the Glasshouse Tavern. Kaoru had a Prawn Laksa, and I had their rump steak, which was cooked perfectly! Washed down with a CC and dry, it was a great last meal. We returned to the hotel to watch the last few episodes of Rikuou, and enjoyed the chocolate mousse from Melany Cheese. It was delicious!