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Sunday, September the 15th, 2019.

It's early spring in South East Queensland, Australia, and the 15th, 2019.

It's early spring in southeast Queensland, Australia, and the forested slopes around Mount

Nebo flourish with new life.

Wild orchids and hibiscus flowers sprout through the undergrowth, dazzling brushstrokes

of pink and yellow against the rich green canvas.

High in the canopy, cockatoos and koalas lounge among the branches of the gum trees,

which sway softly in the warm breeze.

Meandering through the heart of the forest, a creek tumbles downhill over a staircase of large moss-dappled boulders.

Periodically, the water plunges over spectacular drops, collecting in dark circular pools,

pringed by giant ferns. Making his way upstream, navigating the jumble of boulders with practiced agility is 54-year-old

Bushwalker Neil Parker. He scrambles on all force, pulling himself past one obstacle

before hopping onto the next. His movements are smooth, fluid. He is comfortable on this terrain.

Neil reaches a tall rock face, bisected down the middle by ribbon of cascading white water.

You walk into this beautiful circular ponds and this massive 30-meter black slab rock face in front of you with a tree line

branching off to the right-hand side.

His gaze zigzags up the sloping black edifice.

The rock face is high, but not vertical all the way up.

At about 20 feet, it drops back to a gradient that is easily walkable.

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