CARNARVON GORGE

 Well here we are at Carnarvon Gorge, we have heard so much about this place that we decicded that we couldnt be so close and not come and see it.

We had a great day and there is plenty to see but lots of walking, it ended up taking 6 hours to complete the 14k walk. The majority of the walking was pretty easy going but I have to admit that the pace did slow down on the way back, one way and one way out .

Lots of people are walking this gorge and most of them a lot older than both of us , we have had a great day and very glad that we came here.

Disappointed that there wasnt very much wildlife but the scenery made up for it, we crossed 11 water crossings but they have made it easy and the water is pretty low so even if you do slip and fall in all that would be hurt would be your pride, not even a wet trainer for us both.

We both slept very well that night and woke up a bit sore but had a great day and would recommend it to anyone that maybe passing through this area.

If you are not sure where this is ( on a map ) head west from Rockhampton till you get to Emerald then south for about 200k.

Carnarvon Gorge in Central Queensland.

THE STORY SO FAR.

Well here we are before our boat trip from Hervey Bay which we thought was a charity trip to go and watch the whales, well it turned out to be a sail boat race and we were watching the race, no wind that day so we sat bopping around waiting for the sails to catch a little bit of a breeze, very boring but it was my fault for not reading the poster thoroughly. We went out on the whale watching boat not watching whales, never mind.

We have now moved up the coast and are presently at the camp shown in the picture below, very nice free camp just outside Calliope which is near Gladstone. we are going to head west  inland on Monday heading to Carnarvon Gorge which we have been told by many people that it is a must see.

Then we will stay inland and see some country towns and hopefully some nice weather, its very overcast today. I know this is winter but we are in Queensland it should be better than this.

We went to a historical village yesterday hence the picture of Andreas sitting on the dunny,  just for a bit of fun and thankfully no-one around at the time of the photo. It was interesting but i think we may have seen enough historical villages for the moment.

The World cup started today so I imagine that Andreas will be watching quite a bit of football over the next few weeks. That will make him very happy.