Holidaying in Toowoomba/Crows Nest...What to do in my town part 3...

Okay well as you all know I live fairly close to Toowoomba but I live outside on the way to a place called Crows Nest...I wanted to add this to the articles in the series we have started as it is not only fairly close to Toowoomba about an 30-45 minute drive it also sports a great national part and falls...If camping and exploring nature is for you this is the place to visit on your trip to Toowoomba...

There is also on the way to Crows Nest a place called Highfields (if you are going there make sure you give me a yell hehe) But stop in there to check out the Danish flower art store and make sure you defintely look at the highfields pioneer village while your there...The old traditional trades like blacksmithing are still alive and well there...

Crows nest is a lovely drive from Toowoomba along the New England Highway...On your way there make sure you stop in to see the Black Forest Hill Cuckoo clock centre in Cabarlah and marvel at the large amount of cuckoos in this place traditional and quirky ones...

Crows nest Falls and Valley of Diamonds are also along this road and close to Toowoomba...These places are  home to platypus, kookaburras, possums and rare brush tailed rock wallabies...The flora and fauna in these places is just magnificent...When you get to crows nest falls they have camping grounds for the camper or just picnic areas for the day visitors...There are walking tracks along the falls which are just magnificent...The water that travels along the boulders that are all through the area... The rock pool that the water falls into has walls of granite of about 120 metres high and you can either stand at the lookout up and watch this magnificent piece of nature just happen or you can take another bush track and check it out from closer to the bottom of the falls... If you want to camp there you must get a camping permit...

If you travel from there, there is three man made lakes close by that are called lakes Cooby, Perseverance, Cressbrook...While there is a great camping ground at Cressbrook the other two do not offer this facility...All three have picnic areas, Playgrounds, toilets and boat ramps...At Cooby there is a walking track and you can fish at both cooby and cressbrook... For the nature adventurer these definately are a must see and I just wanted to share them all...

Well that is about all for the Crows Nest area near Toowoomba...

Have a great Day

Cheers

Angie