Sunset at our lovely campsite on the river, close to Mitchell

Just got of the main road, now heading towards the Carnarvon National park. So were these cows, and they were not in a hurry!

The Carnarvon Gorge was wonderful, lush, green and a little wet..

'The Art Gallery', a place on the gorge wall where there was a lot of Aboriginal history

Hege feeling rather small with the walls of the gorge closing in on both sides!

Moss Gardens, where water continually drips into a pond and creates an erie and quiet space!

Right beside us on the path, busy with his dinner!

Bye bye to Chris' trusted old boots....

Finally having made it to sealed roads after 20km of muddy gravel...

Emus deciding the grass is always greener......

Waking up the next day we didn't really have that far to go, but these cows added an extra half hour to our journey.... also we had 20km of unsealed road - which proved to be fun on the way out as there was a lot of rain! But a very nice drive into Carnarvon.

Walked the gorge, crossed the river 22 times!

An Aboriginal ranger, Fred, told us a lot about how to interpret the different paintings, and about the history of the area. He was also very passionate about how to take care of and respect the environment, very inspirational. Also it was interesting to learn that the actual gorge was a burial ground for the Aboriginal people.... and much of the artwork told many stories about this interesting history.

The gorges have been carved over the eons by rivers flowing through the sandstone... also an enormous water filter - as the water filters through the sandstone it eventually hits the impermerable slate and flows out of the rock to forms these amazing moss gardens and creeks.

On the subject of Skippies.... We biked from our camp to the start of the walking track, when a mob of kangaroos decided to cross the road right in front of us. Much more fun than seeing them from Bruce!

My old boots have been with me for about 20 years.... and the night before I left them out in the rain... decided it was time to let them go (sob!)

Poor Bruce! Who says you need a 4WD!!!!

We have seen lots of rare birdlife lately, like these emus, brolgas, bustards, and even some black cockatoos!