Mount Tamborine

Today I went on a day trip to Mount Tamborine with Arcadia (Oct. 14th)! Mazz picked us up super early and drove us there. When we got up the mountain we could see a view of the whole Gold Coast. We started off with a hike through the national park. I had rented out one of the nice cameras from Bond and was trying to snap some nice shots, but it was hard because I didn’t really know how to work all the settings yet and I was trying to keep up with the group at the same time. But I’m learning! 

After the hike we went to the glow worm cave. They only live in a few spots in Australia so we were really lucky to get to see them! They’re so beautiful. It looks like you’re looking at a starry sky. Which is apparently what they try to do. Flying bugs think that they can fly straight up into the sky, but end up getting trapped in the glow worm’s trap. We learned that the worms can turn off their glow when they’re not hungry to save energy and they grow extra bright when they’re really hungry.

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After the glow worm’s we did some wine, cheese, and olive oil tasting at a little vineyard and then had a picnic lunch outside.

After lunch we had some free time to explore the town. In October, the town has a scarecrow festival so there were scarecrows all over. There were a bunch of different themes and some really cool ones. It’s so cute, everybody gets really into it! 

Next we went to a little swimming hole. I didn’t swim because I was a bit chilly, but the scenery was amazing and there was a beautiful waterfall!