Roma to Carnarvon Gorge

We made a slight detour today, on the road out of Roma, we had to wait for road works and I saw a sign on the side of the road whilst sitting in traffic showing Carnarvon Gorge and a picture of a caravan, so in the town of Injune where we were going to stop for petrol, I made enquiries at the Tourist Information Centre and found that there was actually a caravan resort at Carnarvon Gorge.  I spoke to someone from the resort  on the phone who convinced me that we could get there easily with the caravan.  So off we went.  We had to be fuelled up as there was no fuel available there.  The road in was bitumen and as we were driving in we could see a big storm up ahead.  Luckily for us it was gone before we got to the dirt road section although it had left its mark.  Lots of mud and three creek crossings.  Fred got to expedience 4X4 again.  It was well worth the drive.  We had to use the fuel in the jerry can once we got there.  Green eco sites and lovely amenity blocks.  No only that but they had a spit roast night for $22 a head and a well stocked shop.  But that was all beside the point compared with the beautiful area surrounding us.  Kangaroos grazed on the grass around us, lots of bird life and clean, quiet fresh air.  The Carnarvon Gorge was a short drive from the resort and the rock formations, the water crossings, the amazing flora and fauna were nothing compared to the indigenous art on cave walls.  We only had two nights and one full day there and that was not nearly enough time. We visited the Baloon Cave (baloon is the indigenous word for axe) and Mickeys Creek in the morning then in the afternoon we walked very fast to the Art Gallery which was the most beautiful and spiritual place.  We left far too late to make the whole trip and as we didn’t want to arrive back at the car in the dark we didn’t spend as much time as we would have liked.  It was an 11.4km return walk and we did it in 2 hours 45 mins.  Also being in one of the most picturesque places in Qld my camera stopped working.  I took lots of photos with my mobile phone but at the moment can’t get them onto the laptop to share. 

We sadly left Carnarvon Gorge and headed north.  We arrived in Clermont this afternoon and will be heading to Charters Towers tomorrow.