The Nomad Chronicles Week 2, so far....
Day 8: Wednesday – Slow trip into Carnavon
Gorge. Everyone books months ahead but
we were given a site when we asked if there were any cancellations (have to drive in & out tomorrow). We were very lucky as the parks site is only
opened for school holidays & was inaccessible last week.
There is mostly lovely soft walking among
tall timber, large ferns/palms except for the many wobbly stepping stones across
numerous creek crossings. With towering
white sandstone cliffs we walked about 10 kms. The park is shady & grassy & even had
hot showers. There is an expensive
caravan park & up market resort further out.
The
camper is going well & we nearly have everything sorted out. Today is the first sunny day (14C) but
the wind is still cool. Nights
are cold, mornings cooler & Mt Kaputar was (very scenic but)freezing! Luckily we thought to buy a brlliant
little gas heater - with low
oxygen cut out.
Day 9: Thursday
– Walked into Mickey’s Gorge & another with an ex NSW parks ranger &
his wife, absorbing lots of travel trips along the way. We admired the very healthy looking Santa
Gertrudis cattle grazing the forage oats on the way out of the park. Then on to Emerald to park under the bridges
with all the other overflow campers – maybe 50 vans or tents at 5.30 PM.
Day 10: Friday
- Long night & early start. Drove to Rubyvale & did laundry in very
smart new Laundromat. Had a coffee &
2 of Poppy’s “Boulders” – magnificent scones – one ginger with marmalade &
cream – guess who? GN2 in shorts for
the first time. Found a camp site out in
the diggings & had a not very serious scratch for gem stones.
Day 11: Saturday
– Stopped at the quaint miner’s market on the way out. Nice easy trip to Longreach. We need to stay until Monday to get a front
end alignment. A front tire is scrubbing
probably due to a deep pothole (in the bitumen). Took ages to get a human to help with
recharging our mobile Internet device.
We should be OK when we get coverage & the netbook is
recharged. The solar on the camper works
very well but it doesn’t charge the computer.
Day 12: Monday Everything is going OK except that we needed to get the front
end alignment - a big pothole in the bitumen that we didn't
miss. We didn't find any emeralds at Emerald but we have had 2 nice sunny days
now & tonight is our first night without the heater on. Stopped in Barcaldine & watched some
campdrafting today - people & horses everywhere. We will see the Stockman's Hall of Fame &
the Qantas museum tomorrow (it started here).
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