So, Sharona and I had a free day and our good friend Clinton was naive enough to lend us his car (bless his soul)! We left for the Glasshouse Mountains and spent the day climbing up and down. Basically the mountains are the dense centers of volcanoes that have deteriorated over time - big columns of rock in the middle of nowhere.

Now, in the U.S., the National Park Service has signs like this one - cautioning visitors about the challenging nature of the trail ahead. These signs are greatly exaggerated in most cases (because Americans are lazy? because Americans complain? because Americans like to feel good about themselves? - who knows). Anyways, the point is that this sign almost made me laugh. Yeah right "experienced climbers" - that means if you could crawl around your house as a baby, you'll be fine...

Um yeah. Apparently the Aussies go the other extreme. This sign shouldn't have read "recommended for experienced climbers." It should have read "certain death lies ahead for non-experienced climbers." Frankly, I consider myself an adventurous, semi-experienced climber and parts of this freaked me out... Quite exhilarating though :P