Australia, Queensland, Sunshine Coast; Bellingham Maze

If you are looking for a very cool, wonderful and compassionate day with your family, friends or business partners at Sunshine Coast, Queensland and unsure of what to do, I would recommend choosing to 'get lost' at the Bellingham Maze. A day of fun and games there will make your visit a memorable addition and give your brains some extra exercise. The main attraction of the site, a large star shaped hedge maze was designed and planted in 1991.

According to maze masters website 'a maze is a tour puzzle in the form of a complex branching passage through which the solver must find a route.

Mazes have a long history, the famous Cretan Labyrinth being the oldest and the most famous one. It was where the king kept a minotaur. Hedge mazes have been planted since the 16th Century in Britain. This is when gardens became places for games and fun for the noble families.

The original hedges at the Bellingham Maze are of Cypress Tree, but they are now being replaced with the native Australian plants for better sustainability.

I can just imagine the start of it. About 20 years ago, somebody at Sunshine Coast, who was fond of British mazes and puzzles had a bright idea of starting a tourism business. You can clearly see that the place has been developed with love and compassion for the environment. It is a nice Australian adaptation of the European mazes.

There is a very curious water fall to walk through at the entrance, a tropical garden, plenty of purposefully designed puzzles to solve, a friendly cafe to rest you feet at, have a 'cuppa' and discuss some serious or frivolous problem solving issues. The large aviary is a nice addition, displaying local birds.


The maze itself is good fun. It will take a while to solve. At the same time, the visitor can look for how many gnomes are hiding in the maze. Your reward is finding the secret fountain in the middle. And then you have to find your way out, or, you could find the 'give up gate' like my friend did.


It is possible for a family or a group to spend a whole day at the
Bellingham Maze solving puzzles, playing around, drinking tea, walking in the forest, looking for birds and visiting the Snow White House. Apparently, she even shows up at the house herself. The place calls for a peaceful and friendly day amongst the busy time during holiday or weekend fun. There is a natural feel to it! That is it's charm. I would definitely classify this attraction as a compassionate place to visit.

We dragged a wheelchair along the corridors of the maze with some effort, but it worked and provided lots of fun and entertainment to try to get through the openings. Finding our way back was a 'piece of cake' as our 'tracker' just followed the previous wheel tracks in the gravel. Very clever of her, I thought. I am certainly looking forward to taking my family there another time and seeing how the new Australian type of maze will look like.
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Traveling the World with Compassionate Appreciation

Many people choose to travel the world in pursuit of great and famous sites and sights. I am much like that, also. But lately just traveling and sightseeing has not really been so attractive to me any more. What I want to do is to be challenged by what I see. I want to be immersed and fully participating in my travels. Otherwise, I feel the time is wasted.

I want to be able to tell a great compassion in action story. I want to be able to see something that really makes me think about what is special about the site where I visit. I also like to ponder about what it represents or how it relates to the transformation of human consciousness.

Many recommended famous places that are perused by visitors in thousands are great historical monuments dedicated to wars, fame and money. Genarally I am less interested in them.

I want to see the places and monuments that reflect compassionate actions. Something that has or is having a continuous effect in the changing human consciousness.

I am quite happy with small deeds. Lot's of small and less noticeable actions combined can contribute to the wellbeing of the humankind in a big way.

In the theory of apprehensive inquiry and strategic questioning it is determined that the questions have to be set up right to produce the desired results. It is better to start from the positive actions than try to fix the negative behavior. The positive strategic positioning will increase the positive result and outcomes.

This blog is my answer to the quest. It records where I have been searching. In the beginning I will go backward in time to the places I have already visited but will also collect new interesting places or stories in preparation for visiting more places.

I hope this will prove to be an enjoyable journey that will enhance our understanding of compassion in action. Please come again and enjoy!

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