Baroon Pocket, Kondalilla Falls & Tree Tops

[hairymick]

Thank you guys.

Tuesday dawned cold, wet and rainy and as we departed our lovely cabin, Robin came up with her favourte expression.

LETS GO SHOPPING! :shock: :lol:

Oh dear, Here we go again.

Monteville is an arty crafty little town. I think I have mentioned this before? but Robin just loves her little nick nacks and hippy clothes. Where else but bloody Montville. the place is overrun by refugees from the 60s and 70s or more properly people who never stopped living in that era.

I bought a better coat because I was bloody cold. Meanwhile, I found Robin here - in hippyshopping heaven.

Here endeth this part of our lil holliday this year.

We hope you have enjoyed our story and images as much as we have enjoyed sharing them.

Love,

Mick & Robin

 

[Steve]

Mick, you put in another good report, no doubt. . . . If Susie and I do make the trip. . . You and me will have to watch it, , ,Susie done mentioned she wants to go hippyshopping with Robin. . . Lawdy laws laws. . . . :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I guess in the meanetime we could have a couple of them burgers. . .

 

[oldsparkey]

Beautiful scenery , a couple of great boats , a shore break and the Trianga Stove which I think Mick is trying to wear out. :lol:

 

[slider]

Duuude, that was awesome! (Dude added for hippie flavoring).

Had it all:
kayaks
burgers
love shack
gardens
steaks
mountains
wine
streams
a friendly turkey (kinda looked like a trukey)
great photography
ale
cuddles
camping
jacuzzi
waterfalls
shore lunches
old grow th forest....

I feel like I need a cigarette, and I don't even smoke. If you threw some fishing in there I don't think I could stand it. I almost feel like I was there enjoying part of that trip with you. Beautiful scenery, great trip report, thanks.

 

[jdupre']

Another enjoyable trip report, Mick. Those pictures are amazing and I know they don't come close to capturing the real experience. I'm with you on the waterfalls- love em. Water doesn't "fall" at 1 foot above sealevel around here. It kind of "eases" from one place to another. Thanks for taking us along.

Re: Hippies. Is there a resurgence in the hippie movement there, or did it just kind of linger around? In America, the movement is just about dead. I pretty sure it's even gone from California which was overun with them in the 60's and 70's.

 

[hairymick]

LOL LOL,

Joey,

Robin was a hippy in her much wilder youth and she continues to live the dream. She delights in outraging we more conservative types and at every opportunity, she dresses as she did in the 60s and 70s.

Now, she is just "High on Life" 8)

Re hippies in general. I don't think they ever caught on here to the extent of the US in those times, but they never really died out here either. Mostly the hippies of today are now ageing small business owners who continue to sell the dream by way of clothes and artifacts of the era and are doing very nicely at it.

Montevill is a small town that now thrives because it has re-invented itself as a sort of market town, that caters to the whims of people such as Robin

 

[jdupre']

".. selling a dream". It must kind of amuse Robin when these 20 somethings go headlong into the hippie style. We have something similar here with the Harley Davidson riders. The old time bikers busted knuckles and scraped together a few dollars to fix their rides. Now, these biker wannabes plop down $30,000 on a factory bike and parade around in their leather jackets, head scarves, and shiny boots like they are "bad". They just look to me like they're playing "dress-up". Nothing wrong with it , i guess, just kind of comical.

Joey

 

[Kayak Jack]

...They just look to me like they're playing "dress-up". Nothing wrong with it , i guess, just kind of comical.

Guess I'll put away my cowboy outfit and cap gun six-shooters. sigh

 

[gbinga]

".... parade around in their leather jackets, head scarves, and shiny boots like they are "bad". They just look to me like they're playing "dress-up". Nothing wrong with it , i guess, just kind of comical.

Joey

Bunch of dentists and accountants playing Hells Angels. I'm not a motorcycle guy, but if I was shopping for one that whole scene is what would keep me from buying a Harley. I just wouldn't be able to take myself seriously with harness boots and a do-rag.

GBinGA

 

[Kayak Jack]

I'd steer clear of a Harley because I don't like to ride a piece of pig iron. For years, street wisdom has said that, "The English find an oil leak, and build a motorcycle around it. The Japanese find a front fork waggle and build a motorcycle around it. The Americans find and anvil and think it's a motorcycle."

 

[hairymick]

Never ridden a Harley or a Triumph Jack?

Your comments about the oil leaks and wobble are true enough though.

I have never owned a Harley (yet) (I think I can feel a second child hood coming on) but been the very proud owner of several Triumphs, Nortons and a BSA and once in a moment of madness, bought a bloody Honda Goldwing when they first came out.

By far the best bike I have owned was a 1968 Triumph Bonneville 650. It leaked oil from the moment of delivery but went like the wind and round corners like on rails. Pretty tame by todays superbike standards but these rice burning things might win races but they just have got no class. Give me a classic "anvil" anyday

I would encourage you to take a Harley for a test ride. Feel the brute power as you work up through the gears - or pick a gracefull line through a bend in the road - without the blowfly like buzzig/screaming of an over revved motor. Bloody hell, listen to me - Ive just about talked myself into a quick trip to the Harley dealer.

the feel of owning and riding a "class" motorcycle is not unlike that of owning and padling a very good wooden boat in the middle of all the plastic and GRP jobbies - special. Only those who do can ever understand

 

[oldsparkey]

Mick....

Unlike the folks negative comments about ... REAL... motorcycles ( Road Bikes ) I am with you on the Harley. Several reasons and one is that both my folks rode them. I have a picture in the living room of Mom on a 45 that Dad rebuilt. Plus Dad was a full bird in the Army and he had a capt who's name was Capt Davidson. The Davidson of Harley Davidson. Guess who dad went riding with on a Harley. :lol:

Dads brother , Uncle Bill was a MP and rode a Harley in the service and later when out of the service.

Harleys are good bikes , especially today , they are the number one around here for having some fun on. I have had 5 bikes in my life from Ariels to Hondas and the one I really liked was a 1957 500 cc Speed Twin Triumph. After I got it ...It was a bored out and modified to almost 900 cc and would cruse along at 50 or 55 with no problems , crack the throttle and it would peg the speedo which was past the 120 mark.

If I was to get on a bike again it would have to be a Harley rigged up for touring , in fact I reefer to my Jeep as my Harley since it offers all of the fun and freedom a Harley does. Only reason for the Jeep is due to the defibrillator I have , sure as heck don't want to be on a bike and have the defibrillator go off which it would since a Harley does give you a heart pounding/exhilarating experience when on it. If there was a way to get a boat on top of one .... Lordy look out there will be extra room in the carport. :lol:

My neighbor two doors over rides a touring Harley , in fact it is his car so to speak , the rest of his family has the 4 wheel vehicles but when he and the wife want some freedom it is out on his bike and the road. You can bet he enjoys his rides to work and back everyday on that Bike.

My wife would love it if I got one , we use to go on dates with the Triumph , left the Studebaker Golden Hawk (1957 model) at home. She liked the bike better for running over to the beach on the dates. That was back in the BM&K time ( Before Married and kids time) By the way we were married for 10 years before having any kids , we did SCUBA dive ( Licensed and registered in 47 countries) , take trips and had a grand time to get it out of our system , then settled down and raised a family.

Chuck.
The above ( last statement ) is called Planned Parenthood. ( MARRIED 10 YEARS ....Thought I would explain that since I don't like to discuss my sexual life and have no respect for anyone who does ) :roll:

 

[hairymick]

Just to go on yet another tanget.

It seems the "Hippies" in the Blackall Ranges area, Maleyey, Monteville, Mapleton etc are taking things even further. 8)

In interesting news article.

The old dairy farming town of Maleny in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland, perched lushly on the Blackall Ranges, now attracts tree changers, hippies, artists and weekend tourists.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009 ... 594106.htm

But this time they have taken on a bigger opponent and have decided to hit back at the global financial crisis.

They are going to print their own money.

The Baroon Dollar - named after Lake Baroon near Maleny - will be printed and sold at local, independent businesses to encourage locals and visitors to keep buying up locally.

Darren Mitchell is the coordinator of the Baroon Dollar project and he told ABC Local Radio that businesses can put their hands up to accept the region's new tender.

"We're creating our own stimulus package," he said.

Australian first

Mr Mitchell says the Baroon Dollar can be used in towns across the hinterland, including Montville, Mapleton and Kenilworth.

He says the initiative is the first regional paper-based community currency in Australia.

"It creates a central pool of money that's used also in part for community grant schemes and micro financing," he said.

"Shops need to sign up to be part of th project and we're getting good interest at the moment."

But, with many locals still refusing to shop at Woolworths, Mr Mitchell says the supermarket giant will not be invited to sign up for the Baroon Dollar.

"We're not going to actively ask the chain stores," he said.

"People don't often realise that when they spend their money in chain stores across the country, up to 80 cents in their dollar leaks straight out into the global financial casino as I like to call it."

 

[bearridge]

Heck, that iz jest like our guviment! [sigh]

 

[dangermouse01]

Mick;
A few weeks back there was a report on one of the news stations about a small town over here in the US doing the same thing, printing their own money. The report said that their was nothing illegal about it. I think the town was in one of the Carolinas, but not certain. The way they did it was, you go to one of the local banks, stores what ever, give them $100, genuine US currency and they would give you $110 of the cities dollars for you to spend in the city. So you have already made $10. You could still spend genuine US money in the town. If something cost $8 it was either $8 US or $8 city, but if you spend city money it actually only cost $7.20 (because you got $10 extra to spend). They did it for the same reason, to keep the spending local, and help the locals save a few $ at the same time.

We used to do a lot of camping at this quaint little camp ground outside of a small little coastal Florida town. The owner of the campground said that the townies didn't really care for the campground, because they felt it drew in the "wrong" type of people, people who wouldn't stay at the Bed & Breakfasts, resorts or spend money in town. We told her to get a stamp made with the campground's name, and start stamping money that came into the campground. Stamp a bunch of one dollar bills and when people came in, give them 11 stamped dollars for a $10 bill and tell them to spend those when they were in town. It took awhile but the townies did notice how much money was coming into town from the little campground outside of town.

DM

 

[bearridge]

Dang....I feel like we been on a really, long, strange trip. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_currencies I reckon there will be local folks printin' up their own funny money? [chuckle]

 

[oldsparkey]

Dang....I feel like we been on a really, long, strange trip. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_currencies I reckon there will be local folks printin' up their own funny money? [chuckle]

We are already doing it , it is called US Currency. Really soon it will be like George Washington said back then .... It takes a wagon load of money to by bread that wont fill the wagon. :roll:

 

[Steve]

. . . I just wouldn't be able to take myself seriously with harness boots and a do-rag.

GBinGA

I almos' feels insulted, George. . . . :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

What wrong wit' harness boots? I wear 'em all th' time. . . they be a comfortable boot. . . if'n I coulda got some wit' th' steel toes I'd-a worn 'em to work, even. . . an' them do-rags, sho' do come in handy as a hardhat liner in that Texas heat :shock: , I can tell you!!!!!!!!!

 

[bearridge]

Last trip ta the Smokies I seen more Harley riders with the mufflers that come on 'em than ever before. I give all them folks a big wave, but they still stand out like Ron Paul at the republican convention. [chuckle]

 

[gbinga]

The old dairy farming town of Maleny in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland, perched lushly on the Blackall Ranges, now attracts tree changers, hippies, artists and weekend tourists.

Mick-

What's a "tree changer" :?:

George