How a mistake led to Queensland's first Great Walk
Hotelier Jude Turner is about to add a seven-day walk in the Scenic Rim region to her eco-focused Spicers Retreats portfolio. The fun bit is, the land was bought in error.
Jude Turner takes in the beauty on the edge of Spicers Mount Mistake homestead. Paul Harris
Give Spicers Retreats co-founder Jude Turner just one day to show off her beloved “big sky” country of south-east Queensland’s Scenic Rim, and the eight-hour guided tour doesn’t disappoint.
First we bump across rough back roads leading out of her Spicers Hidden Vale property in Grandchester, Lockyer Valley, headed towards her Spicers Mount Mistake homestead and passing grand old shuttered Queenslanders, so perfectly adapted to the heat. White cockatoos screech overhead.
Fiona CarruthersTravel editorFiona Carruthers has written and edited travel for the Financial Review for almost a decade. She has held senior roles with ABC Radio National, Deutsche Welle Radio, TIME and The Australian, and was deputy editor of Traveller. Email Fiona at fcarruthers@afr.com
