Chillagoe Eco Park

You get to Chillagoe from Dimbulah  on the wheelbarrow Rd, the landscape changes from lush green rainforest to the dry Barron outback within a couple of hours, termite nests everywhere, occordimg to the soil colour you see an array of various sized triangle mounds , one minute red , next grey , next brown all changing with the colours of the land.
The backdrop of the mountains highlighted from the dry landscape below.

We arrived at the eco lodge and was immediately taken with the simplicity of the place, rocks outlined the pitches complete with its own fire pit made of stones, dotted around were bush dunnys! The showers were made up of corrugated sheets, shower heads were watering cans , we decided after a day or so to go no power as the sun shined! Sat next to the air strip , used for the flying doctor and in the distance you could see the chimneys of the Chillagoe smelters. One night we entered into the world of star gazing at the onsite Observatory, so peaceful , if the chairs had reclined I was happy to sleep under the stars, a still night , no clouds and a few lessons in star gazing, the Milky Way , Omga senatory , the jewell box cluster , constellations such as the emu and southern cross .Read more