The lake borders the Wivenhoe Dam where we saw two types of figbirds, pelicans, butcher birds, magpie larks, bablers (which are uncommon) and a whistling kite.

Onto Marburg House a beautiful Heritage house built on top of a hill in the 1890s by the Smith family who had a timber milling business and were also involved in the sugar trade in Queensland.  They built this grand house on top of the hill which was home to them and their 11 children. The house is surrounded by magnificent woodlands and gardens with mature Mango and Bunya pines, with warnings about falling cones. The cafe and restaurant which sadly were closed, are where Ben Ungermann of Masterchef fame is in charge. 

The road through the D’Aguilar National Park was a beautiful route of rainforest and dry eucalyptus and they gave way to rolling hillsides and homesteads of farms with horses and cattle in the paddocks. Back just as the shortest day was ending in this strange year.