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Carnarvon Gorge Section Carnarvon National Park Discovery Guide Gorge Visitor Centre. Centre. Visitor Gorge facilities with powered sites and communal kitchens. kitchens. communal and sites powered with facilities © Michael O’Connor Photo: the track? Satisfy your curiosity by exploring the Carnarvon Carnarvon the exploring by curiosity your Satisfy track? the Both resorts have cabins and Takarakka also offers camping camping offers also Takarakka and cabins have resorts Both What was that bird you saw or the little orchid you spied beside beside spied you orchid little the or saw you bird that was What October. 31 to March 1 from open is centre, visitor the from Visitor Centre. The Carnarvon Gorge Wilderness Lodge, 3km 3km Lodge, Wilderness Gorge Carnarvon The Centre. Visitor fairy-wrens snapping up insects or a rummaging echidna. rummaging a or insects up snapping fairy-wrens Takarakka Bush Resort, a 4km drive from the Carnarvon Gorge Gorge Carnarvon the from drive 4km a Resort, Bush Takarakka see whiptail wallabies grazing, apostle birds squabbling, busy busy squabbling, birds apostle grazing, wallabies whiptail see At any time of year you can stay just outside the park at at park the outside just stay can you year of time any At Enjoy a picnic or cook up a storm on a gas barbecue. You might might You barbecue. gas a on storm a up cook or picnic a Enjoy qld.gov.au/camping . of cool shady spots where you can rest and refresh. refresh. and rest can you where spots shady cool of at advance in well site camp your Book experience. camping The lush and inviting Carnarvon Gorge Visitor Area has plenty plenty has Area Visitor Gorge Carnarvon inviting and lush The school holidays or hike your gear into Big Bend for a bush bush a for Bend Big into gear your hike or holidays school hot day on the road or after exploring the gorge’s many sites. sites. many gorge’s the exploring after or road the on day hot camping area during the Easter, winter and spring Queensland Queensland spring and winter Easter, the during area camping amid grazing kangaroos and chattering birds after your long long your after birds chattering and kangaroos grazing amid Set up your home away from home in the leafy Carnarvon Gorge Gorge Carnarvon leafy the in home from away home your up Set Rejuvenate in a green oasis beneath tall eucalypts and palms palms and eucalypts tall beneath oasis green a in Rejuvenate exploring Carnarvon Gorge and discover its many secrets. many its discover and Gorge Carnarvon exploring Rest and relax and Rest © Qld Govt; © John Augusteyn John © Govt; Qld © place that will entice, inspire and recharge you. Spend a few days days few a Spend you. recharge and inspire entice, will that place Ashdown Robert right): to (left Photos relax over a picnic or explore along the creek—this is a special special a is creek—this the along explore or picnic a over relax Mickey Creek Gorge walk (below) walk Gorge Creek Mickey Enjoy Carnarvon Gorge your way. Tackle an adventurous walk, walk, adventurous an Tackle way. your Gorge Carnarvon Enjoy Exploring Carnarvon Creek (left); (left); Creek Carnarvon Exploring Ashdown © Qld Govt (left) (left) Govt Qld © Ashdown Stay a while a Stay Qld Govt (above left); Robert Robert left); (above Govt Qld Govt (top); Robert Ashdown © © Ashdown Robert (top); Govt Photos: Robert Ashdown © Qld Qld © Ashdown Robert Photos: where you can go swimming. swimming. go can you where Gorge Visitor Area (left) Area Visitor Gorge out, check road conditions at 131940.qld.gov.au or phone 13 19 40. 19 13 phone or 131940.qld.gov.au at conditions road check out, left); Picnicking at Carnarvon Carnarvon at Picnicking left); floods, the Rock Pool is the only place in Carnarvon Gorge Gorge Carnarvon in place only the is Pool Rock the floods, yellow-bellied glider (above (above glider yellow-bellied visit at dusk or dawn. or dusk at visit rain, cutting access roads. If it’s flooded, forget it! Before you set set you Before it! forget flooded, it’s If roads. access cutting rain, the bed of Carnarvon Creek by the turbulent water of past past of water turbulent the by Creek Carnarvon of bed the Gorge Camping Area (top); (top); Area Camping Gorge might spy an elusive platypus. For the best wildlife watching watching wildlife best the For platypus. elusive an spy might within the national park and Carnarvon Creek rises rapidly after after rapidly rises Creek Carnarvon and park national the within Camping in Carnarvon Carnarvon in Camping and turtles, or take a refreshing dip on a hot day. Carved from from Carved day. hot a on dip refreshing a take or turtles, and Look for turtles basking in the sun, and if you’re quiet, you you quiet, you’re if and sun, the in basking turtles for Look conditions along the way. There are unsealed sections of road road of sections unsealed are There way. the along conditions Linger in the shade of fig and casuarina trees watching for fish fish for watching trees casuarina and fig of shade the in Linger Photographer Duncan McDermant, 1978 McDermant, Duncan Photographer Spot lots of wildlife from the shady banks of Carnarvon Creek. Creek. Carnarvon of banks shady the from wildlife of lots Spot Carnarvon Gorge is remote so expect some challenging challenging some expect so remote is Gorge Carnarvon Carnarvon Gorge Visitor Area Visitor Gorge Carnarvon scents of the bush. the of scents 1.5km return from the Carnarvon Gorge Visitor Area Visitor Gorge Carnarvon the from return 1.5km Ranger Mark Ranger south-east of Emerald. Emerald. of south-east 600m return from Rock Pool car park or 3.6km from the the from 3.6km or park car Pool Rock from return 600m Robert © Qld Govt Photo: Ashdown tranquillity enter the spirit. Breathe deeply and enjoy the the enjoy and deeply Breathe spirit. the enter tranquillity Nature Trail Nature rangers, appreciate every day. every appreciate rangers, Rock Pool Rock 241km and Roma of north 246km Rockhampton, of west Ranger Russell Ranger Hasten slowly in this wild place. Let the feeling of peace and and peace of feeling the Let place. wild this in slowly Hasten is a privilege that I, and my fellow fellow my and I, that privilege a is south- 450km Brisbane, of north-west 740km approximately Short walks Short to feed. feed. to suitable for wheelchair users who have someone to assist them. assist to someone have who users wheelchair for suitable most spectacular national parks parks national spectacular most cliffs rising above the distant tree-line. Carnarvon Gorge is is Gorge Carnarvon tree-line. distant the above rising cliffs out head they as gliders bellied natural treasures of this very special park. park. special very this of treasures natural entry point to the gorge for thousands of years. This track is is track This years. of thousands for gorge the to point entry conserve one of Queensland’s Queensland’s of one conserve Feel the excitement build as you drive across plains towards towards plains across drive you as build excitement the Feel Listen for the calls of yellow- of calls the for Listen your spirit discovering the wealth of cultural and and cultural of wealth the discovering spirit your within a gap in Clematis Ridge, used by Aboriginal people as an an as people Aboriginal by used Ridge, Clematis in gap a within opportunity to protect and and protect to opportunity and avoid sudden movements. movements. sudden avoid and the source of many great rivers. great many of source the Getting to the Gorge the to Getting water and time. Awaken your senses and nurture nurture and senses your Awaken time. and water example of stencilled Aboriginal rock art. Baloon Cave is located located is Cave Baloon art. rock Aboriginal stencilled of example its challenges. However, the the However, challenges. its the gorge at night. Be very quiet quiet very Be night. at gorge the Great Dividing Range—the aptly-named ‘Roof of Queensland’, Queensland’, of ‘Roof aptly-named Range—the Dividing Great side-gorges, their subtly-coloured walls carved by by carved walls subtly-coloured their side-gorges, Stroll among Carnarvon fan palms and ancient cycads to a fine fine a to cycads ancient and palms fan Carnarvon among Stroll national park is not without without not is park national Take a torch and go spotlighting in in spotlighting go and torch a Take up towering slopes and out onto the rugged plateaus of the the of plateaus rugged the onto out and slopes towering up 1km return from Baloon Cave car park car Cave Baloon from return 1km or amazing animal. Venture deep into cool, lush lush cool, into deep Venture animal. amazing or Living and working on a remote remote a on working and Living and trek some or all of the 87km Carnarvon Great Walk. Wind Wind Walk. Great Carnarvon 87km the of all or some trek and Baloon Cave Cave Baloon Carnarvon Creek reveal a splendid scene, new plant plant new scene, splendid a reveal Creek Carnarvon green gorge below a lookout or answer the call of adventure adventure of call the answer or lookout a below gorge green with care and respect. and care with oasis. Let every twist and turn of boulder-strewn boulder-strewn of turn and twist every Let oasis. longer walks. Soak up the magnificent views over the luscious luscious the over views magnificent the up Soak walks. longer The formed track ends 1.5km from the Mickey Creek car park. car Creek Mickey the from 1.5km ends track formed The heritage place and ask that you explore the country country the explore you that ask and place heritage white sandstone cliffs envelop a creek-side creek-side a envelop cliffs sandstone white sandstone walls and deep inside cool narrow side gorges on on gorges side narrow cool inside deep and walls sandstone the track are slippery and caution is needed on creek crossings.
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