![]() The ancient Gondwana forest of Lamington National Park – its subtropic trails and trickling waterfalls brimming with life – beckons. I am inside a rainforest-entangled crater on a cattle and polo ranch that could have been designed by Ralph Lauren. It’s not until next morning, when a strange cacophony of bird sounds – white macaws and red-breasted keets – tempts me onto the deck, that I see the Scenic Rim encircling the horizon. I am welcomed to this newly opened luxury ranch by a lovely lad from Blackburn, and served up Wagyu beef by the charming British owners in a grand wooden-beamed farmhouse. They are my only geographical reference – otherwise I could be in Loch Lomond. Inside my chic cabin at Hazelwood Estate I stoke the fire-burner, sip English breakfast tea and watch a couple of roos combing the lawn outside. A thick mist shrouds the Scenic Rim in mystery, waiting for the perfect moment to lift its curtain and unveil the Unesco World Heritage listed scene.
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