2013 road trip - Day 5

On Friday we crossed into Queensland headed for Springbrook National Park. To get there we had to navigate the incredible network of motorways surrounding Brisbane. We tried to get our GPS to direct us to avoid paying tolls, but apparently it was impossible and we heard the sound of our device registering a toll as we entered a tunnel. But Springbrook National Park was well signposted when we got near it and we had no trouble finding our campsite.

Springbrook is in the mountains and we had to drive up narrow winding roads through dense rainforest till we reached the plateau where the campground is located. Then we went for a walk through the rainforest, full of creeks and waterfalls. Part of the track was closed due to rockfalls, which seemed to be not very recent as there was a bird nest fern growing on the rock blocking the path.

It was Friday night when disaster struck. We were boiling the billy near the campervan for light and Graham somehow spilled boiling water on his thonged foot. We poured cold water on it, and held things from the fridge to it, but it was seriously burned. We didn't even have a bandaid. I persuaded Graham to ask the people in the next site if they had anything, and they, including among them a nurse and a veterinarian, bandaged the area so it didn't rub on his thongs. It would continue painful for the rest of the trip, though.