We were welcomed by the lovely tourist guides of Takarakka tourist park to the Gorgeous Gorge of Carnovan Gorge where we spent three fantastic nights and days. Well informed, we set off the next day to do the Big 4 walk, approximately 13 km to four beautiful locations with in the park. We started at the art gallery, viewing aboriginal rock art. Next onto Ward’s Canyon, which was a spectacular waterfall and natural garden, and literally a very cool break from the heat. Last stop for the day was at the natural amphitheatre. After going up ladders and walking through a narrow tunnel we made it into an open natural amphitheatre. It reached the skies for metres, our voice echoed around us when we talked. We gazed up at the smooth open space for ages, as well as experimenting with different noises. Fortunately we had the place to ourselves!
We were too tired and had to get back to camp for a play date to visit the Moss Garden so we headed back with plans to return to the Moss Garden the following day, even though it is a 3km walk in. Well the next day we were too tired from a big walk the previous day so we did some small walks to Mickeys Creek and the Balloon Cave in the National Park as well as some spotlighting at night. It was our most successful spotlight yet, seeing numerous arboreal marsupials including gliders, brushtails, a beautiful frog and a large kangaroo up very close.
The next day we packed up to leave but not before heading back to the Gorge to trek into the Moss Garden, regretting that we had not done it on the first trip. It was so worth it though. A stunning place with natural evaporative cooling, a cool retreat from the heat once again. We had a picnic before heading off for an overnight stay in Roma.
The Smiling Nomads 