Lawn Hill Gorge

Sun (28/7) We juddered our way into Lawn Hill Gorge, 10km of corrugations. We got in early and did the longest walk in the cool of the morning, about 3.5 hours. Absolutely spectacular gorge with steep red cliffs, pockets of palms and other subtropical plants mixed with the eucalyptus bush on the more open areas. The Lawn Hill 'Creek' is an amazing emerald green water course, wide and deep with large deep waterholes and cascades. There were some gorgeous lookouts along the way. At one we had a chat with canoeists way below us.

It was a hot day, probably well into the 30s, but a very dry heat. After our walk we cooled off with a swim and had some lunch. Then a shorter more shaded walk in the afternoon out to an aboriginal cultural site with some rock paintings and carvings.

Alas not a crocodile to be seen! 

We got back to the camp site late in the afternoon and chilled out with a glass of wine and watched 2 young families come in and set up near us. Very entertaining and a lovely scene.

Mike took some great photos and I will let them do the talking (when we figure out how to get them from the camera to the laptop to the blog).