The colourful feet of Snoskred and Sephyroth.
The Thursday plan was – Tambourine Mountain – Skywalk – Tea and Niceties Lunch – Gallery Walk
Again we were awake at 5am. By 9am we were breakfasted, showered, dressed, and out the door. We headed up to Tambourine Mountain which is just over a 40km drive from the Gold Coast – probably the last 25km of that drive is quite windy and curvy.
I had done some research into bushwalks we could do here, there were quite a lot of free options. In the end given that Dreamworld was cancelled for us and unlikely to be reopened during our stay we decided to go for the “up money” option at just under $20 per adult which is Rainforest Skywalk.
We spent nearly an hour and a half walking, taking photos, and checking out the small but perfectly formed gift shop.
Lunch was at Tea and Niceties which I had also researched. For food I chose the BLT and added egg and cheese. Om nom nom!
For drinks the boys had an iced coffee. I forget what I chose – probably a cappucino – because their iced coffees were super memorable.
The gardens here were gorgeous and some lizards surprised us during our lunch.
Lunch was super delicious however there was a bit of an ordering drama which meant only one pie was delivered to the boys who had ordered one each. We had to wait a little longer for the second pie.
After lunch we took a walk along Gallery Walk. For me personally there were only two shops here that were worth the effort but I am super spoiled having Berry within a short drive of home. There was a glass studio which had gorgeous jellyfish paperweights sitting on top of LED spinners – and I still wish I had bought one.
I did buy a lovely bracelet from Crystal Mountain. It is the one with the round beads you can see in between my watch and my Swarovski bracelet. You can’t see it in the photo but it has gorgeous gold flecks in it.
With the boys having had enough of shops, we headed back to the Peninsula around 2pm, where we tried to come up with a plan for the next day. We decided on Currumbin Sanctuary – a place none of us had ever been before. It turned out to be one of the best days of the trip.
You will have to wait two weeks to know more about Currumbin, though, as I am taking a Christmas break next week. :)
I think I would love the rainforest skywalk so much I’d be up there for hours taking photos.
Your lunch has me thinking of breakfast, it’s 6:15am here and I’ve been awake since 4am, so getting a bit hungry now.
All sounds good. Brilliant lizard photos…..they are real? Someone put us off visiting Currumbin Sanctuary. I can’t remember why. Maybe it was too hard without a car.
I love your photos of your trip. Interesting blog, as I have never been to Australia.