Chalk & Cheese Travels
Swanbourne Lake The Swanbourne lake is a part of the Arundel Castle Estate in this small but buzzing town known for its history, castle and lots of boutique shops. History First records show a mill pond was known to have existed on this site back as far as the 11th century. Records would seem to […]
Lough Rynn Castle A Brief History Lough Rynn lies on the original historic grounds of the medieval estate and castle of Mac Raghnaill family. The Mac Raghnaill castle was situated at the opposite side to where the castle now lies. And below is all that remains of that original castle. In 1883 Robert Bermingham, viscount […]
Thunderbird Park Thunderbird park is an adventure park and camping site on the highly popular Tamborine Mountain. A great place to kids and well as your about to find out adults like us also. Location The Thunderbird park is situated on Tamborine Mountain about 40 minutes from either Brisbane or the Gold coast. and can […]
Mount Tamborine & Eagle Heights Mount Tamborine in a mountain town 30kms outside the Gold Coast and 60 kms from Brisbane. It is part of the Scenic Rim Region south east Queensland. It is roughly a 28km squared metre plateau and is a major tourist region in this part of Australia. After the scenic drive […]
Pethers Rainforest Retreat Ever had those dreams as a kid of sleeping in a tree house well now you can, because at Pethers Rainforest Retreat Mount Tamborine far into the mountains of the Gold Coast Hinterland lies one of Australia’s hidden gems. Set amongst the dense rainforest of the beaten track, Pethers brings style, fun […]
Christina Noble Children’s Foundation The Christina Noble Foundation foundation also known as CNCF is a non government organization, which dedicates to serving the worlds oppressed and marginalized children. Formed in 1989 Christina who from a dream she had, during the time of the Vietnam war of Vietnamese street children begging for help, decided to visit […]
You must do a helicopter ride We had just finished our walking tour of the falls and got back to the hotel we sat back at the bar with a coffee still full of excitement from seeing this wonder of the world. We started chatting away about the best bits. All of a sudden we […]
The Falls Welcome The second part of our Springbrook Mountain excursion took us to the beautiful, Purling Brook Falls and Purling Brook Falls Circuit. Set amongst the dense rainforest of the Gold Coast Hinterland. The Purling Brook Falls is a horsetail waterfall with a sheer 106 metre drop. It is known for being one of […]
