December 1952 School Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar Schoo! Magazine

Brisbane Girls' Grammar School Magazine

December, 1952

December, 1952

LIGHT AFTER RAIN

WAGAWN.

While staying at Binna Burra Lodge, on the Lamington Plateau, which is situated almost on the southern border of Queensland, some miles inland from the beaches of the South Coast, we went for many hikes, but the one I enjoyed most was to Wagawn, a spur of the MacPherson Range. After breakfast we set out along the Main Border Track, which runs along the border for several miles and is the con- nection between O'Reilly's, a rival guest house, and Binna Burra. This we followed for almost four miles, enjoying the quiet, undisturbed air of the bush, until at length we reached Wagawn. In many places the spur is only a few feet wide, and on either side there is a steep drop, hundreds of feet in depth, to the valley below. The extent of the view was amazing. To the east, Elephant Rock at Currumbin was just visible past the imposing plateau of Springbrook, and south from there the coast stretched far into New South Wales; while between Springbrook and the coast was Mt. Cougal. To the north of Springbrook, the coast continued from South- port almost to Moreton Bay. The Tweed River could be seen from its mouth, winding its way through the luxuriant pas- tures of the Tweed Valley, which was spread out before us like a large scale map. In the centre of the vallev was Murwillumbah, situated in a hollow. Although in reality Murwillumbah is quite a large town, from there it looked like a model village. West of Murwillumbah, Mt . Warning arose in all its splendour. The thickly wooded slopes extended upwards until the slopes were no more, and the rock was sheer on every side. Not even an experienced climber could scale these precioices . Further west still, the steep slopes of the western part of the MacPherson Range were visible as they curved in 1 south-westerly direction, forming a natural border between Queensland and New South Wales. In the distance a lvre bird could be heard imitating the noises of the bush creatures . We stayed as long as we could, and as we began to climb back to the main ra rige again, we turned to take just one more look at the landscape~so magnificent that it was almost indescribable. -Kay Miller, Form Ill. B.

Black night was all around, there was no light Save the rain-jewels, shimm'ring on the grass , From the fallen rain . No wind arose But the night-flowers gave up the incense of their souls, Rising with the scent of rain-damped earth, Bringing impenetrable peace. While above, the stars in blue infinity Radiated eternal serenity.

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-L. D. HYETT, IV.E.

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