Sunday, May 22, 2011
This morning we drove to Zebedee Springs, with just a short walk to the hot springs. There were lots of pools and the water was nice and warm.
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| Zebedee Springs |
Afterwards we drove to Amalia Gorge, with a 3 hour hike (roundtrip) to a waterfall. There were some pretty scary places with very narrow ledges, and lots of scrambling over rocks. In one spot a big rock stuck out over the trail, and the only way to get past it was to sit down and shimmy on your butt across the rock ledge. At times I asked myself, "why am I doing this?," but the falls were worth it at the end.
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| hike along creek |
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| pool at half way point |
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| hiking back |
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| falls at Amalia Gorge |
After lunch we have the option of another, much more challenging hike, or a cruise up Chamberlain Gorge. Our entire group, except for Bill, Wayne and the youngest woman on the tour, opt for the cruise, and the hike turned out to be pretty strenuous - glad I missed it. At one point they had to hold all their gear above their heads and swim across a pool, and there were lots of steep rocks to climb.
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| Bill on El Questro hike |
The Chamberlain Gorge River cruise on the other hand turned out to be extremely sedate, the boat went very slow and we did not go far.
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| Chamberlain River Gorge |
We saw a rock wallaby and lots of fish, and were served champaign and fruit - quite civilized.
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| rock wallaby |
An old aborigine named Buddy, told stories about his work mustering horses, working on the ranch for many years, etc. Interesting to hear how things were done years ago.
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| Buddy |
Dinner that night was at a nice restaurant, and it just happened to be our anniversary.
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