Porcupine Gorge

From Tennant Creek the Flinders Highway leads all the way to the East Coast stretching for most of the time just through desert. It also led us back to Queensland for the last leg of our Australia discovery. We stopped several times on the way to go to Visitor Centers. A highlight was a nightly encounter with an Echidna that was sitting in the middle of the street.
Besides that there wasn't much to see until we reached Hurghada, an old mining settlement where we took a turn off the Highway and north. After about an hour drive we reached the Porcupine Gorge which is a pretty secluded spot. We enjoyed a short walk there before hitting the road again.Read more