{"id":10034,"date":"2019-11-12T09:26:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T09:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueyesdiscover.com\/najvisji-vrh-queenslanda\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T20:27:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:27:01","slug":"najvisji-vrh-queenslanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blueyesdiscover.com\/en\/najvisji-vrh-queenslanda\/","title":{"rendered":"The Highest Peak of Queensland"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n\n\tT<\/span>a<\/span>k<\/span>ing a walk. Walking. Out in nature, or in a city center. That\u2019s what\u2019s liberating. Never in my life have I bought a ticket to see any destination via bus. I would rather walk than sit. <\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”9px”][vc_column_text]You can\u2019t see the faces of the locals while driving. You\u2019re more aware of your surrounding<\/span>s<\/span> while walking. Simply because fresh air helps with free explor<\/span>ation<\/span> and discovering local secrets of wonderful places. Even in Australia, despite it being huge.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”8419″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]Before I left Sunshine Coast and headed from Eastern Queensland into a new world of adventures<\/span>; to <\/span>Western Australia, I had to, as a proper Slovenian, climb some of the highest peaks in the area. As I watch the hills from afar, the ones Australians call mountains, I can\u2019t help but miss some of the hills back home. It\u2019s my meditation. I puff like an old steam engine for the first few meters, but then my engine revs up and I fly to the top. I know gorgeous views await me there. Far away<\/span> from <\/span>where the people are. Where they\u2019re hiding in their comfort zones.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1534765729380{padding-top: 38px !important;padding-bottom: 36px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

The <\/span>paths<\/span> aren\u2019t marked, there are no blazes, just animal tracks.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We Slovenians are a sporty nation. Very much so<\/span>. I proudly explain this to the rare <\/span>Australians<\/span> that I meet on the so-called bushwalking trails. For a long time<\/span>,<\/span> I didn\u2019t understand what \u2018bushwalking\u2019 was supposed to mean. You\u2019re probably not walking in the bushes <\/span>and<\/span> poking <\/span>in<\/span>to their most secluded corners, which hide snakes and spiders. Now I understand. Vegetation means not going to the rainforest, similar to ours, once<\/span> the<\/span> Mediterranean bushes. The <\/span>paths<\/span> aren\u2019t marked, there are no blazes, just animal tracks. You don\u2019t <\/span>always <\/span>have to follow those, as they often lead to water, or their homes.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”8416″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”9px”][vc_column_text]I climbed each mountain with <\/span>another<\/span> Australian friend. Each one of them had time on a different weekend. Mount Beerwah is the highest peak of Glass House Mountains. They\u2019re not the same mountains we\u2019re used to back home. The peak only reaches up 556 meters into the sky, climbable in three hours<\/span>,<\/span> according to the internet. I was supposed to go there with a friend of m<\/span>ine<\/span>, who is a successful photographer. Real-estate photographer. He was excited to do some panoramic shots of this beautiful, volcanic-conned land. I chided him at first, when he parked his car and pulled on his boots without <\/span>appropriate<\/span> soles. He took a large backpack with him. With a heavy drone. And complete photography equipment. No, this isn\u2019t going to work.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]I offered to help him carry half his things. <\/span>He was too manly for that and rejected me. After huffing and puffing for thirty minutes and reaching the bottom of the wall climb, which you have to brave in order to reach the first trails, he stopped. He was tired under the weight of his backpack, without water, and the scorching sun hanging above us. Thankfully, it was wintertime, so the temperatures were a bit more forgiving. Every part of his body screamed he couldn\u2019t go on. \u201cIf you\u2019re not completely sure in your ability to reach the top, we can turn back. The mountain will wait, and you probably have other adventures lined up, more fitting to your goals.\u201d Reaching the highest peak was my goal. In typical Slovenian fashion: reaching the highest one, what else?<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1534768281059{padding-top: 58px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1534768398573{padding-right: 6px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”8414″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1579089255642{padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

\n\t``The next morning, I ventured to the top alone.``<\/h2>[\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1534768405928{padding-left: 6px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”8417″ img_size=”full” css=”.vc_custom_1579089281882{padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]

\n\t``Decisions should be such that drive us towards reaching them.``<\/h2>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1534771917857{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The next morning, I ventured to the to<\/span>p<\/span> alone<\/span>. At first, I followed a family of four, who didn\u2019t know their way at all (just let me point out again that the <\/span>paths<\/span> aren\u2019t marked). After 30 minutes, a man runs past us. He greets us kindly \u2013 yes, the traditional greetings in a village or outdoors <\/span>are the same as in Slovenia \u2013 and runs along. Steeply upwards. I think about the run up <\/span>Grintovec<\/span>. I think it was a bit steeper. He stops at the next turn and I\u2019m the one who talks to him.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_single_image image=”8415″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text]We proceeded to the top together. I needed about two hours. It would have been faster if I hadn\u2019t followed the family\u2019s slow tempo at the beginning. We didn\u2019t run, but we were still in a bit of a rush. He was chasing the minutes. It was his third climb that day; two more awaited him. He set a goal of reaching 100.000 meters in height this year. Which is a bit more difficult in Australia than in Slovenia. But he once again reminded me how persistent and determined people can be. I won\u2019t talk about Slovenians, but mainly about those I know<\/span> who<\/span> are determined, stubborn and persistent. These are ordinary people with a<\/span>n athletic<\/span> soul. And a<\/span>n athletic <\/span>will that endures.<\/span><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1534771917857{padding-top: 10px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is how our daily <\/span>decisions<\/span> should be. Hard, strong, determined and clear. Those that are attainable. Real. Otherwise they can bring us bigger disappointment<\/span>s<\/span> than just failure. <\/span>Decisions<\/span> should be such that drive us to<\/span>wards<\/span> reaching them. That encourages us to fulfill them and find new ones along the way. Like my decision to be happy and<\/span> to<\/span> do what makes me happy in life.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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