Reaching a decade is a significant achievement
We will share our unique journey with you in mere moments ~ with how life has been created around us...
23 March, 2024
Wildlife
Land for wildlife visit
Back in early June 2020 a small team Deborah Metters from South East Queensland Land For Wildlife.....
20 May, 2021
Reflecting on the life of Mr …
Reflecting On The Life Of Mr … Nightfall’s Chief Entertainer Was Buried August 2018, At The Ripe-Old Age Of Almost 16. If you’ve visited nightfall you’ll be hard-pressed to forget Mr, our resident Jack Russell with his insatiable talent for finding the soft-spot in your...
29 January, 2019
A NEW ‘ROO’CRUIT …
She's got big dark eyes, thick lashes, long muscular legs and hilariously oversized feet. As a petite example of Australian wildlife, she's also a breath of fresh air in the intense moments building Queensland's newest luxury camping experience. Welcome 'Lilly Pilly' (named after the trees so...
08 December, 2013
HELP FALLS FROM THE SKY, SOMERSAULTING WORKERS & BANDICOOT BARRIERS …
Dusk and the starry-night sky are perfect for time-lapse photography, except when you have high winds. Such was the evening we chose to trial some shots of a Nightfall luxury tent - they're far from perfect, but the test images give us an idea...
09 November, 2013
LOST WORLD HUES INSPIRE ARTISTRY
(image - the first rough draft of Nightfall's hand-drawn guest map) The overwhelming desire to capture a moment of magical light on a landscape is something most people are familiar with. There are many days I've wished I had the skills to translate, with water-colours onto...
19 July, 2013
TREASURE FROM THE WILD …
I spy with my little eye something beginning with T … it's Treasure from nature, perfect for building our unique Queensland Accommodation. Yes, with each significant creek flood at Nightfall wilderness camp comes a trove of flotsam and jetsam - jewels in all shapes and form,...
06 July, 2013
NEW FISH DISCOVERIES IN SCENIC RIM’S WORLD HERITAGE LISTED LAMINGTON NATIONAL PARK
Imagine finding a fish species that's never before been seen in your part of the world. Yes, it was excitement all round, as the scientists who visited the Scenic Rim's Nightfall wilderness camp explained their discovery in the headwaters of Christmas Creek, close to where...
26 June, 2013
GLOSSY BLACKS AND YELLOW TAILS
(image courtesy: Glossy Black Conservancy) It's a rare privilege to live in an off-the-beaten track Australian wilderness, close to a capital city, so, in-spite of the busyness of building Nightfall's luxury tent accommodation, we're always keen to be involved in activities which help protect the environment...
23 May, 2013
PARROTS, AN ECHIDNA & A SIGNIFICANT BIRTHDAY
As I began to write this diary update late yesterday, we rejoiced in a short-lived moment of sunshine. The cliff face in front of Nightfall's new staff tent glowed strikingly gold in the dusk light, the mist swirled around its rugged rocky face and the...
13 April, 2013
Mojo, ‘interpretation’ and a rescue of sorts
There's nothing quite so good as recovering one's mojo - and today it happened for Nightfall's construction team. After 50 rain days in a row, this morning under magnificent blue skies, out came the mower, the welder and the sewing machine. Together in the sunshine,...
15 March, 2013
TUSKS & BRIGHT ORANGE EYES … QUEENSLAND WILDLIFE LOVING THE WET
(photo: orange-eyed tree frog, Litoria chloris -part of the Queensland wildlife in Nightfall's kitchen garden) And the rain continues to fall, as it's done for weeks and weeks now. The building of Nightfall's luxurious new tent accommodation remains at a standstill and most days it's even...
02 March, 2013