Thursday...
Today, we explored Lawn Hill National Park. I took the loop walk around to Indarri Falls and everyone else took the canoe ride to the same place. I chose for the safest option given I wasn't keen to dunk all my camera gear in the drink. Unfortunately, there was a fairly thick smoke haze in the air today.
This place is a little oasis on the landscape of NW Qld with its rich colours and calming atmosphere. We spent the morning exploring a small part of the park.
This afternoon we chilled around the campsite. Judy held a master class to teach Les how to make scones. At the time of writing this, I hadn't yet got to sample the resultant scones but afternoon tea will prove whether he gets a pass mark or not.
Links:
Google Maps reference is -18 46.367, 138 31.7
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Wednesday...
We left our beautiful overnight campsite for Lawn Hill National Park. Along the way, we booked into Adels Grove which is a camping ground adjacent to the National Park. We initially tried to get into the National Park camping ground but it was booked out.
We arrived at Adels Grove at around 1400 where we met up with Peter & Sue and their friends, Ray and Annette. They arrived here yesterday.
Had a few strikes today on the way over here. I ran into a flock of budgies that took off from the side of the road at short notice and tried to out run me - there were casualties. I think I hit an unfortunate galah. Had a vvveeerrrryy close encounter with a roo. It was in full stride and I had resign to the fact that we were on a collision course. I hit the picks but at the last moment he turned on a dime and did a u-bolt. Copped three rocks on the windscreen where, up until today, we had done 12500km without any. Out of that we got 2 tiny chips and one big scar. Oh, and a partridge in a pear tree.
As a result of a day of driving only, I have no photos for today.
Links:
Google Maps reference is -18 46.367, 138 31.7
