Whip Snake Walk & Piccaninny Lookout

After our helicopter ride we drove to Piccaninny Carpark. We decided we would do Whip Snake Gorge and the Piccaninny Lookout walks which was about 10.5km. It was already quite warm when we started but there was a bit of a cool breeze coming through.

It was a lot easier walking without our large packs on our pack and we walked quite quickly arriving at the Whip Snake Gorge turn off within 40 minutes. We walked to Whio Snake Gorge which was along another little creek and ended up in a beautiful gorge. There was a small pool of water and we sat around a circle of rocks where tour groups must have completed some indigenous art works. We had morning tea and continued on to Piccaninny Lookout.

The lookout was beautiful looking across to a few of the Bungle Bungle landforms. We ate lunch and spoke to another couple who were touring around for the next 6 weeks. We learnt that the man had was a Mettalurgist and had completed some work at Fosterville during the 90s.

We continued back to the carpark and drove past what I could see as a cat formation in the rocks and past the Elephant rock. We returned to the Wilderness Lodge and relaxed for a couple of hours before dinner. When we headed over to the Deck, Scott picked up reception and received a call from El Questro to advise the roads were closed due to bushfires but they could move us to Emma Gorge Lodge.

It was Tash’s 20th birthday so the crew had organised cheese and nibbles and set up the table for everyone. We played a few card games and drinking games while sipping on a fruit punch. For dinner we had chicken burgers which were delicious and birthday cake for dessert. Scott and I said our goodbyes and headed off to sleep at 9:30pm.Read more