Return to Girraween

9 - 11 August, 2025

 October 2020, saw four good friends visiting Wyberba Cottage and Girraween National Park, on the highlands west of Brisbane. An amazing 3 days were enjoyed. Jan recently decided that a return visit was due. Two weeks ago, on a very wet morning and with a very cold, wet forecast ahead, 8 of us set off. Thankfully we drove out of the rain before reaching the range. 

Here ia a link to our 2020 visit if you are interested to compare our visits.

https://outandabout3.blogspot.com/2021/01/girraween-adventure-part-one-arrival.html

The clouds still hung low over Cunninghams Gap.

The black soil plains had relished the wet conditions, but the road was extremely potholed. Eventhough a major thoroughfare, the speed limit was reduced to 60 k/h for many, many kilometres.

Wyberba Cottage - With only 3 bedrooms, it was lovely that Catherine and Grant were able join us and sleep in their van.

Check in was 2 pm. We were soon settled in, relaxing and enjoying the fire. A rare treat to be mesmerised by flickering flames.

At 3.30pm, a short drive had us at the entrance to our sunset trail. Alas, no sooner than we were out of the car, than it began to drizzle. We were in luck, it didn't last long.

Eventhough light snow had fallen here the previous weekend, the spring wildflowers were bursting into bloom.

Our joy of this lovely, circuit trail came to a flooded end.

About turn! We were now walking the circuit in an anti-clockwise direction.

A very friendly female kangaroo.

A pretty impressive buck.

After a kilometre, the trail passed beside the swollen Bald Rock Creek. On our previous visit we were able to cross to the opposite bank quite easily. Not on this occasion, and we soon became aware that we would have to keep to the bush path to get to The Junction, our destination.

We have arrived.

Time to enjoy our wine and nibbles, a package that Leanne had individually organised.

A colourful sunset didn't look promising, but we were a happy bunch enjoying the serenity of the hour and our surroundings.  

Well after what we thought was sunset time, the sky put on a delayed show.

The light was quickly fading. We donned our headlamps and returned to the trail.

The final sunset glow in the west and a watery full moon trying to rise in the east.

7pm saw us relaxing back at the cottage. Joc and I were on dinner duty.

As we relaxed around the fire after dinner, we were all grateful that weather had been kind, allowing us this very special start to our weekend.

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