Tuesday morning saw us up early again due to the heat and early sunrise (before 6am). We packed up quickly and were on the road before 7:30. Travelled about an hour before pulling into Ngumban Cliffs Lookout for a stretch. Well what an unexpected surprise. A beautiful lookout and free camp area. Unfortunately there is no shade and the toilets are subpar for camping overnight but still a great rest stop. We got a number of lovely pictures from the lookout and in the car from the highway
Another hour saw us in Fitzroy Crossing where we stayed at the Lodge. Another very nice, large caravan park. Well laid out with nice amenities and a beautiful lounge/restaurant. We got a couple of shady sites and setup in late morning. Sandra and John got their fridge plugged in to 240AC so hopefully will start working properly again. Girls got some laundry started before we journeyed into town to check out the Tourist Info Centre. Very nice Info Centre but town is not much to speak of. We took a drive over the old Fitzroy River Crossing which goes through the Fitzroy River (only about 300mm of water currently). Had a swim in the pool in the afternoon before a nice BBQ dinner.
John, Sandra, and Di were up early on Wednesday morning to drive out to Geikie (Darngoo) Gorge. We travelled about 20Km North of town to catch the 8AM boat cruise of the Gorge. The tour is run by the National Parks. We joined about 50 other people for a 1 hour plus cruise of the Gorge. Our guide was a very interesting and entertaining young man who was half Aboriginal and half Japanese. The tour was very imformative and the rock formations were very interesting. In the peak of the floods this year they could have filled Sydney Harbour in 12 hours. We travelled back to our campsite for morning tea.
Terry and John then ventured back to the Crossing to try our luck with the fishing once more. Big surprise; no success. We had a number of small nibbles/bites but no luck. A couple of Aboriginal families joined us shortly after we got there to swim at the crossing. Lots of laughter and a good time was being had by them. We gave up and returned home for lunch and a relaxing afternoon. We had a baked Leg of Lamb dinner which was pretty tasty. Decided to head off for Derby tomorrow to take a crack at fishing/crabbing. Got to get lucky eventually!
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