Rasita My Family, My Animals, My Food

(Click picture to enlarge it and see the map better) Sunday was a hot one, and we were all tired from the night before, but we still headed off early to the south side of Brisbane for a Happy Hikers meet up. This has to have been the largest group meet up so far. There were lots of familiar faces and new faces.

Well, we got there an hour before anyone else because I wanted to try out the 9km track. This would have been a lot easier had I someone else to run with, not necessarily quicker though. As it was I alternated jogging and walking this track. It also felt like it was mostly uphill with very few downhill parts and practically no flat parts at all.

I did the run in 1hr and 45min. I am happy with that, though I wish they had better/more signage on the track. I started with following the arrows, checking the map every now and then, and at one stage asking for directions from a mountain biker (blue dot about half way on the track). I also stopped twice to give directions to a family group and a couple of mountain bikers (yellow dots).

I was about 10 minutes from the end when hubby decided to go on his ride with the guys from Happy Hikers. Fortunate for the girls, as they had to wait for me to return. When I did, it was a long drink ( I did take water), moving of bicycles and a visit to the Koala centre. It was pretty nice in there (and that was not just the aircon, and cold water). They had stuff which actually interested the kids, and we were able to see a few koalas in their enclosures (we saw one in the trees of the park also).

The rest of our time there was spent enjoying the cool breeze from the comfort of a camping chair and swatting at horse flies.