Day 90: Bald Rock and Boonoo Boonoo national parks Darren woke feeling a little better, but not much. Yet he refused to let the kids and I do the national park walks on our own. He felt he couldn't live with himself if anything was to happen to us. After unsuccessfully trying to persuade him from coming, I at least convinced him to allow me to drive. Our first stop was Bald Rock. We had the option of taking the 1.2km steep climb to the summit or the 2.5km g...

Day 89: Southport to Tenterfield Our day did not start as we had planned. Darren was awake half the night alternating between shivering and cold sweats. I was worried about him driving today so tried to encourage him to stay on the Gold Coast for an extra night, but when Darren's mind is made there is no persuading otherwise. He'd had enough of the busy Gold Coast and was convinced he would drive no matter what. So we doped Darren up on panadol and set off f...