Carnarvon Gorge

The presentation was about the Gorge, we haven't joined a cult. We cooked dinner at the busy camp kitchen and had another early night.
Up early today, packed up, bought some sandwiches and headed to Carnarvon Gorge. A lot of advice we've seen suggested we go to the furthest location, then pop in and out of the sites on the way back, so we did just that. It was a relatively easy walk, just long. 15kms in 5 hours, including stops to eat, take photos and just enjoy it. We stopped first at the Art Gallery where there was some spectacularly preserved aboriginal artworks, using ochre in a variety of colours. Next was Ward's Canyon. It was very cool in there, but beautiful and quite peaceful. The steps up into the Canyon hurt my soul, but it was well worth it. A bit of a walk before we reached the Amphitheatre. We had to climb up into it, we were stuck behind a tour group so there was a bit of a delay here. It was stunning. Last stop was Moss Garden, which is exactly as you'd imagine. Very cool. We were talking on the way back that they should probably include that the paths to each site are up or down stairs/ladders, as there were a lot of oldies who were smashing it, but I hope they knew, we sure didn't and based on the groans, I'm not sure they did either. It was a great way to spend the day, but my feet are killing me now. So of course, Ben suggests we go upto the lookout off our accommodation when we got back, gahhh, we did and it was nice, but damn. Another few sneaky drinks and snacks at the Taka Bush bar, then a proper shower. We're just chilling in the tent at the moment and will head to the camp kitchen to organise dinner soon. Off to Emerald tomorrow.Læs mere