CARNAVON GORGE

Dry Creek Crossing 

Our next stop after Emerald was Carnavon Gorge within the Carnavon National Park. The drive into the park was 40 km's of which the last twelve were on an unmade road with a couple of creek crossings. Fortunately for us it had not been raining (their last recorded rainfall was 4mm on July 23) so there was very little water on the crossings. Some people had built cairns in the rocks of the crossings.




On the way in way passed an historical marker recording a plane crash which occurred in 1943 of a C 47B Dakota Aircraft during a violent electrical storm. There were four US Army personnel and 14 Australian Army/Airforce personnel on board of which none survived.

Baloon Cave

At Carnavon Gorge there are a number of bush walks. Some short ones and some longer ones. On the first day we were there John and I did a couple of the easier and shorter walks, one to Baloon Cave where there was some Aboriginal 'stencils' on an overhang and another to the Rock Pool.

Rock Pool

The next day I set off to do a longer walk (around 11km's return) to the Amphitheatre and the Moss Garden. To reach these sights it was necessary to cross over the Carnavon Creek numerous times and climb up and down a few steps!

To reach the Amphitheatre I had to climb these steps to see this.

Amphitheatre looking upwards.



Amphitheatre

The walk to the Moss Garden was not quite as difficult as the Amphitheatre but nearly as tough but just as spectacular.

Moss Garden

Moss Garden

Our last day was a rest day starting with a leisurely breakfast of bacon and eggs. Yum!