Mount Carbine via Split Rock (nr Laura)

I've taken the next step this evening, staying at Mount Carbine unpowered - so van-wise the same as if I stopped in the bush... I'm working towards it.

What a spot this is! There are any number of birds, by which I mean at least 100, squawking their evening squawks (pink cockatoos and a flock of things that fly fast - some sort a parakeet I think, but I have no signal so can't look them up), and the sun is about an hour away from slipping behind the hills. To top it all, after quite a long drive today, I've cracked open the mango wine as a little aperitif 🙄 The woman at the mango winery recommended chicken or seafood. I have crackers and cream cheese 😎

Today I left Cooktown and rather than heading directly south took a detour (S then NW) to the Aboriginal paintings at Split Rock just outside Laura. I'm very glad I did because it was another beautiful drive. Part was quite agricultural then it all turned bush again. At one point, on the left were fields full of wheat or some cereal in those big rolls, and on the right a banana plantation. Bit of a crazy mix!

Seeing the paintings, which are a steep clamber up a well made path, reconneced me with my Heading Bush trip back in April. There wasn't much information but I imagine they were teaching caves. No pics of the art because the Aboriginal people ask that none are taken.

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