Sweet Transvestite

We stayed at Lake Borumba for a few nights - one of the prettiest locations, with sweeping views across steep valleys of tall gum trees and jacarandas and masses of noisy birds.  Borumba made us feel very homesick for Nearly Creek!

There is no power here and not much in the way of facilities, so the camping ground is sparce, quiet and there are very few grey nomads - it's mostly families who travel from Gympie to camp for the weekend.

On our first night, the Lake celebrated its Lions Club Fishing Competition (apparently fishing for bass here is very popular, not that we tried), and even put on a fish'n'chip night with karaoke and cheap mid-strength beer for sale.  Karaoke?? 

Jase found the prospect irresistible, and put on a show of 5 songs, much to the delight of the "crowd" (about 50 people) who cheered him on enthusiastically.  In fact, "Chops" was so popular, the Lions Club declared that "your money's no good here, son" and gave him free beer, a free Lions Xmas Cake (mmmm) and a showbag of fishing goodies!

Here's a sample of the night:

On our way south a few days later, we came across this boardwalk, with lovely views of Morton Bay fig trees which tower over the surrounding rainforest.  Just beware of stinging trees (they're everywhere).

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