Sunshine Mountain Lodge

... kilometres and takes at least 6 days, finishing at Lake St Clair. We walked for a little way looking down across the lake to Cradle Mountain (1544m high) which was covered in cloud. Just as we were about to leave the cloud lifted and we were able to get a ...

... today and since checkout wasnt til 11am had the morning to sort myself out. This firstly involved making sure that my payment for the mountain lodge had been received and I would have a bed on the mountain. While I had made the payment I hadnt received ...

... planned adventure. Then we walked back toward the lodge and stopped at the lower McDonald Creek falls. Again great views of rushing mountain waters. We returned about 1:00 pm and realized we had hiked about 4.5 miles. Lunch time, so off to the dining ...

... ; Rednecks only?      Tunes: Daybreak in Dixie, Rebecca, Sally Good, Grandfather's Clock (instrumental), Black Mountain Rag, Orange Blossom Special and Lousy Day. Best T-shirt saying (for Deliverance fans): PADDLE FASTER! I hear ...

... Alison assures me a good parallel technique will greatly alleviate the burning of a fairly constant snowplough!  Back inside our mountain top lodge we had a lovely room and spacious spa which we enjoyed after our efforts (both in our room and out by ...

We board the MV Malaspina for the 4 1/2 hour ferry ride from Juneau to Haines.  We are surrounded by the most spectacular mountain scenery.  We hang outside on the upper deck lounge chairs dressed in shorts, taking in the sunshine & views. ...

... steep tracks amongst the poorest people, where His Heart have reached into individuals lives, and are now seeing community change. Sunshine, a young leader, shared how this valley used to be full of violence and conflict. Now, with people meeting the ...

... beautiful. Just like some of the pictures I had seen of New Zealand - winding roads through magnificent mountain ranges - splendid! We stayed at Lakeside Lodge Backpackers which had a marvellous location - by the lake funnily enough. Large floor to ...

... blazing sunshine, torrential rain, sleet, snow, hail and gales - and a fair few characters along the way, including a sextegenarian mountain unicycler (yes, really - we thought going on foot was quite tough enough, frankly).  Back now to the relative ...

... to a parking lot about 15 min from the hotel where we were met with 4 wheel drive Land Rovers and were transported up the mountain over a barely passable steep track. It was a little hairy along the way wondering if we were going to careen off the road ...

... Yorkshire! After another brief stop in Caloundra (for afternoon ice cream) we arrived in Noosa. Noosa is another popular Australian Sunshine Coast holiday resort – and once you have visited you can see why. After checking into the Noosa Heads Hotel ...

... couple of hours from barren hills to lush dairy farming country with rolling hills, beautiful trees and spectacular coastal views.  The sunshine was back with me and this place was just beautiful. I found my way down to Boat Harbour, a tiny ...

... second night. Slowly heading towards Prince Albert National Park - hopefully the drizzle and cold will change into warm sunshine soon. Tidbits: - Interesting coffee chain: "Brewed Awakenings" - Rugby North Dakota is the geographic centre of North America ...

... . Steffie finished work early so she tagged along as well and we caught the bus up to the gondola. After catching the Sunshine gondola which can hold 8 people, the 4 person Banff gondola seems tiny in comparison. Soon enough we were climbing up and in ...

... of the connectors has worked it's way loose so I do a quick patch up and we're able to drive down to the Katoomba Mountain Lodge where we'll be staying tonight. It's a Bed & Breakfast cum hostel which hasn't been redecorated since the 70's. There's ...

... by forest, and making our very slow way into the lamington national park, where we decided to stay at the binna burra mountain lodge and campground. here, we had some of the most spectacular views down into the forest blanket stretching all the way out ...

... as we drive to Lake Dove a bit later for our first view of Cradle Mountain: a wombat near Cradle Mountain Lodge and a wallaby near the lake Dove car park. We are planning to climb Cradle Mountain tomorrow, but it's not ...

... to view a rare flowering Rafflesia flower, the largest flower in the world and only flowering for about five days once opened. Mountain Lodge was our lunch stop and after lunch we headed to the Mt Kinabalu National Park where Kennedy showed his knowledge ...

... !!) Best CD to Play in a National Park - Pure Moods (Volume 1) Best Place to Have a Birthday Meal - Trapper's Grill, Signal Mountain Lodge, Grand Teton National Park, WY (free pie!) Cutest Town - (tie) Winthrop, WA and Dubois, WY Best Place ...

Arrived in Banff, the mountains are huge! We're staying at the Y Mountain Lodge, approx. 5min walk from the downtown.  The rooms are reasonably priced ranging from $50-58.00 CAN/ night for a double bed.  Overall, very clean and ...