FITNESS IN THE FOREST

Come and get fit with me on my morning walk. I open the door and its nice and cool at 6:30 am. I walk down the street for a few hundred metres and then enter a park. The concrete path winds through the bush and starts climbing up the hill. I skirt along the back of some houses and cross over a bridge above a quiet road and then enter the Springwood Conservation Park. Now the climb gets steeper and steeper until I'm on top of a ridge overlooking a gorge.

  Now the path drops down to the floor of the gorge.

  We have had some much needed rain and the little creek has some water again.

 Now comes the fun part. We have to climb out of the gorge up to the other side. There are only 150 steep steps. Are you ready?

You may have to stop for a breather and admire the beauty around you before we tackle some more steps. After a few days you can do it without stopping.

 Almost at the top. Your heart is pumping and you are breathing heavy.

Now it is an easy walk along the top of the gorge and then down the hill home. It takes me an hour but you just did it in a few minutes. Well done. Tomorrow we can do it all again.

A WALK IN THE PARK 3

Time for another walk with TOH (The Other Half). We try to chose a different park each time. This time it was Springwood Conservation Park. The walk starts five minutes away from our front door and the circuit takes nearly an hour. It is pretty and shady with quite a few hills.

 Early morning light .

 We like this part even though its steep the path passes some nice rock formations and lovely lush ferns.

 Banksia

On the home stretch.

Its Warming Up

This morning I set off for my morning walk at 7:00am. I could already feel the humidity and burning sun. After 20 mins in the heat I entered the cooler shade of the forest but I could feel the perspiration oozing as I climbed the hills, but I still had time to admire the native plants.

The little cones of a Sheoak tree.

I saw these cute little berries but I don't know the plant. 

I love the patterns that lichen makes as it grows over the rocks. Such a tiny plant.

Another native flower , called a Rice Flower. The hot morning sun shines through a eucalyptus leaf just before it falls.  When I got home I jumped into a cold shower and checked the temperature it was already 30°C at 8:30am. It is a sure reminder that summer starts in 2 days.

A Walk in Springwood Conservation Park

Springwood is the next suburb to Daisy Hill. It takes about 20 mins to walk there, then we enter the park and walk another 20 mins home. Its a circuit walk. It has been left in its natural state except for the pathways and steps.

We walked up hill to get here so now it is mostly down hill from now on....easy peasy.

Over the little bridge.

There is not a drop of water under the bridge, we haven't had rain for months.

Climb a little rise and wow........

...we can see all over Logan City (adjoins Brisbane City) all the way south to Tamborine Mountains and even further to Lamington Mountains.

Now it is a tumble down hill, its fun and pretty

Look back at the scrubby bushland or dry Eucalyptus forest before....

...crossing over the road and entering......

....suburbia again.