Tonight.. or should I say very very early tomorrow (1:00 am) I'll be getting on a bus for an hour and a half to go to Mt. Warning National Park. Soon after I'll be hiking 3,793 feet (it takes about 2-3 hours ONE WAY) to see the Sunrise :) Here's a little info on the Hike and soon... Pictures!
Mount Warning [1]) is a mountain in New South Wales, Australia, near the border with Queensland (Tweed shire), close to Murwillumbah. In the Bundjalung language it was called "Wollumbin" (Cloud Catcher).
Mount Warning is the central remnant (volcanic plug) of an ancient shield volcano, the Tweed Volcano, formerly twice the height of the current mountain, which erupted 22 million years ago. The erosion caldera formed since this eruption is easily visible around the summit and forms the rim of the Tweed Valley. One of the mountains that were formed by its eruption was Tamborine Mountain
Due to Mt Warning's proximity to the Australian mainland's easternmost point, Cape Byron, it is the place on the mainland that is believed to first see the sun rise :)
2 comments:
wow! Have fun on that hike! Drink plenty of water! Can't wait to hear about it!!!
p.s. THANK YOU SOOO MMUCH for the postcard!!! Made my day sunny since the weather likes to be cloudy all the time now..boo. Oh- and we had an earthquake earlier in the week- 5.4 centered in Chula Vista! exciting. miss you
YAY! I'm glad you got it! I heard about the earthquakes that are going on :? BE SAFE! when does school start? PS have you checked Micheles blog?! anywhoo... more postcards on their way! :)
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