Friday, about 10 of us rented cars and drove out to hike the Glass House Mountains. We arrived around 2, under the impression that this hike would be a mildly difficult but overall, pretty easy hike.
The sign at the beginning stated: "steep, irregular surface and loose stones"
After about 10 minutes of very steep hiking (what we expected), the hike turned into a rock climb. Obviously it wasn't straight up, but the hike definitely required hand and foot climbing up the face of the mountain, maintaining "3-point contact" by keeping 3 body parts on the rock at all times. I've never done anything like this before and it was absolutely amazing. After climbing Half Dome this summer and today's hike, I'm really excited to get some more hiking in during this trip. Here are some pictures from the hike. It was just gorgeous!
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Saturday morning, we still had the rental cars, and joined a larger group heading out to the beach! We left at 6am for Byron Bay, this gorgeous beach about 2 hours away, ready for our 9am surfing lesson!
The waves were pretty small, but it was still really fun.
We worked up an appetite and had lunch at this little cafe in the beach town of Byron Bay,
then headed back out to the beach for some more sun!
The beach was absolutely gorgeous.
After a long day at the beach, we treated ourselves to a nice dinner to celebrate our friend, Lauren's, 21st birthday. †
Sunday, we boarded the city bus and headed to the
LONE PINE KOALA SANTUARY
where we got to see and interact with a bunch of cool animals including emu,
Kangaroos
and even hold an adorable KOALA!!!
We even watched a cool sheep dog show. It's crazy how well trained these dogs are, and how the sheep are completely controlled by the dogs.
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