I’m joining Becky in her July Square Photo Challenge over at The Life of B. The rules of the challenge are simple: most photos must be square and fit the theme word tree. Look for #treesquare. Come with me on a Central Queensland road trip starring trees and the beautiful landscapes of my home state.
Sky Window Circuit, Eungella National Park
At an elevation of 1259, it feels like we’re closer to the sky on the Eungella Plateau. And a walk around the Sky Window Circuit sounds promising.
The track follows the escarpment through sub-tropical rainforest. The trees grow tall and thin as they compete for sunlight while the undergrowth is so thick it blocks any sightings of the valley.
The views are only revealed when we reach the Sky Window Lookout.
Close by, the steep winding road we’ve just travelled up is clearly visible. Beyond that, the Pioneer Valley, flanked on both sides by the Clarke Range, opens up before us.
We can just make out the city of Mackay, 80 kilometres to the east on the coast. It really does seem as if we’re looking down from the sky.
There’s something so refreshing about a rainforest 🌿
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Yes, that’s a good way to think of it.
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Thank you Carol. Looking forward to seeing this myself one day.
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I hope you do, Sam. It’s gorgeous up at Eungella.
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woah!! Look at that view – breathtaking. And just love the walk to get there – this is a fabulous #TreeSquare
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Thanks Becky! I like this one too. The view from up there was amazing, especially seeing that road we’d just driven up.
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How do you discover all these amazing places. Is there a fantastic book or website, or do you both just have an extraordinary ability to find them all?
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Usually, it’s a combination of online research, word of mouth and visiting local tourist information centres, which we always find very useful. But Eungella is very well-known and we’ve been before a few times so it was a given that we’d be doing a day trip up the mountain.
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Fantastic views,
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It was a spectacular walk.
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I do love that part of Queensland.
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We do too and we’ve been several times. It’s as beautiful as ever.
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Sky Window is a very inviting name for a walk, and what fabulous views once you get there.
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Isn’t it a clever name. It had us intrigued.
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What a wonderful walk – through all those trees and then emerging at that amazing view!
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It was a lovely walk and only 250 metres long.
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Beautiful post, Carol. Glorious tree pictures. How fortunate the sky held beneath you. I’ve had some experience walking on sky with you.
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This view was amazing and we had a beautiful day for it too.
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You really did. You really should write a book. A picture/travel or topic book. Linda, the new friend I met at the car show handed me a book she had published of some of her photographs. It was so lovely and made such a nice conversation piece. It wasn’t elaborate, but some of her best work. You have so many wonderful photos and you do entertain, it would be a great project, I think.
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Mesmerizing views indeed. Very lovely 🙂
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It’s a fabulous lookout.
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