• Morven
• Blackall
• Isisford
• Jericho
• Rubyvale
• Emerald
• Carnarvon Gorge
• Miles
• Maidenwell ( Bunya Mountain)

Carnarvon Gorge is an amazing place geographically, more about it later. We have not added to our blog due to the fact not a lot has been going on. After Wanco Station we went further out into  Queensland's western country.  We stopped at Morven, Blackall (Fantastic artesian swimming Pool ), on the Barcoo at Isisford, Jericho, ( watched the partial eclipse but couldn’t quite capture a pic) and Rubyvale (didn’t find any sapphire’s neither) then on to Emerald. Our intentions were to head towards Innamincka but after doing a lot of driving and sitting beside the Barcoo for a couple of nights we decided to get somewhere booked for Easter (Emerald).

As good as it was to see out west we were deprived of anything to do during the day as it was quite hot, Dawn and Dusk are the best times to be active but they don’t last long, AND THE FLIES.

Emerald sounds likely to be a lovely stop for Easter but it is a town which we were struggling to find things to do after we ticked off their Botanical gardens and the big lake (Fairbank). We did a bit of walking to keep up some fitness and to pass the time. (We couldn't get accommodation at Carnarvon Gorge until after Easter).   It was good to move on to Carnarvon.

   


Aboriginal art at Carnarvon



Magnificent scenery

 



Lunch at Big Bend Carnarvon Gorge



Quite a few river crossings about 20!

Support crew!

                                  

Qld has beautiful Butterflies



And another

Here we are at Carnarvon Gorge, set up camp at Takarakka Resort and then went and had a look at one of the shorter walks into Mickey creek. The following day had a big hike into the gorge, 22 km return and 8hrs later we were done!. In the morning we caped off the walks with The Bluff - top of the gorge to look at the gorge from above, massive sandstone cliffs and great views looking towards the coast.

Great view at the top of the gorge 

We hit the road again and after passing a lot of mining traffic and an over night staff at Miles, we made our way to a town on top of a hill called the Maidenwell Pub. I would like to say that Diane’s ability to organise a pig on a spit for my birthday was something! (The local Sat night fair). We had a nice time and great to hear from family and friends . While we were in Maidenwell we went on a day walk around the Bunya Mountains.  Fantastic to see these magnificent Bunya trees in their natural forest system.




Bunya Mountains walking through the rainforest

 

Next stop will be somewhere on the Sunshine Coast - the beach again will be nice.

Hooroo