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Posted by tubularbills on Jul-20-2009 02:00:

State Parks

Who's into getting back to nature? hiking, camping, fishing, boating, whatever you like to outdoors? state parks are a great escape and pretty fun.

Oklahoma has 50 state parks (believe it or not). I've seen 3 so far...making it a goal to go see more. What's the coolest place you've been? I thought the Grand Canyon was pretty badass. used to go camping at Starved Rock in Illinois growing up too.

Posted by Sushipunk on Jul-20-2009 02:03:

Fraser Island is my favourite nature type place. It's World Heritage listed, and the world's largest sand island. Such a beautiful place.

Located here:

Posted by tubularbills on Jul-20-2009 02:07:

can you walk out to the sand island?

incidently, i went to Grand Canyon in January and saw snow in it. now *that* was something cool to see.

Posted by Sushipunk on Jul-20-2009 02:10:

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Originally posted by tubularbills
can you walk out to the sand island?

Nah, it's too far out, and you wouldn't want to try swimming either, since the ocean around there is a breeding ground for tiger sharks

It's about 40 mins by boat, from Urangan harbour in Hervey Bay.

edit: Here is a better map

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Posted by tubularbills on Jul-20-2009 02:16:

wow, how neat!

Posted by Demoted on Jul-20-2009 02:19:

Great places to be alone. And cry.

No one ever hears you. And no one ever will.

Posted by tubularbills on Jul-20-2009 02:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Demoted
Great places to be alone. And cry.

No one ever hears you. And no one ever will.

it's funny that you mention this, actually, while atop of the bluff at Roman Nose State Park, i shouted out "hello" out to the camp site. dunno if anyone heard me, but it was a cool echo.

Posted by Deeks1187 on Jul-20-2009 02:26:

grand canyon scared the shit outta me
my cousin insisted we walk onto what i believed to be a teetering rock
basically looked down and saw death at 360 degrees

Posted by Lira on Jul-20-2009 02:53:

quote:
Originally posted by tubularbills
it's funny that you mention this, actually, while atop of the bluff at Roman Nose State Park, i shouted out "hello" out to the camp site. dunno if anyone heard me, but it was a cool echo.

Reminded me of this (fastforward to 1:50 to understand why... though it may not make sense unless you know the film "28 Days Later").

Posted by Krypton on Jul-20-2009 04:19:

It's too bloody hot to go on a hike. All there is out here is deserts and sand dunes. Wouldn't be too happy to get a snake or scorpion bite..

Posted by Ian on Jul-20-2009 08:16:

Nature is awesome. The beauty of parts of the UK makes up for the ultimately scummy people that inhabit it.

Scotland is insanely beautiful in that way, but more local to me for the moment is the peak district and the national forest.

thank fuck we have stuff like this, evens it out a bit

Posted by Sushipunk on Jul-20-2009 08:22:

Nice pics Ian.

I fully agree too: Scotland is stunning. I was I'd been into photography when I was there

Posted by EarnYourKeep on Jul-20-2009 15:18:

I too love the parks, huge fan of being outdoors. I've done quite a bit this summer so far, but still have some on the list that needs to get checked off. So far, hiking (orange and white blaze), climbing (cliffs @ horseshoe bay bermuda), fishing in Captree State Park NYC, beach every weekend (Long Beach / Lido Beach), took some jetski's out in long island, cycle central park / ross dock / palisades park nj / george washington bridge. I have lined up cliff jumping (aaw) in upstate ny, white water rafting in Delaware Water Gap, and some wake boarding.

love the parks and the park will love you!

Posted by Cpt.Cocaine on Jul-20-2009 15:23:

I'm planning a hike on the laurentian trail in la mauricie national park, which should take about a whole week to cross on foot.

Now I'm just having trouble finding someone who's not too much of a pussy to come along.