2 days in Cania Gorge

 After a pretty drive from Gympie through Goomeri, Gayndah and Monto, we've arrived at Cania Gorge where the walks are shorter than Carnarvon and therefore suited to easing out aches and blisters before we tackle Carnarvon later this week. I managed a 5k and a 2.5k walk over the two days. Barbara outdid herself and managed all of the marked trails except the 22k hike to and from Castle Mountain. All up, Barbara hiked 23k in two days so I think Carnarvon is going to be a piece of cake for her!

(Speaking of cake - Barbara brought along wedding cake from her neice's wedding last weekend and homemade fairy cakes and biscuits from her mother. The cake didn't last long - thanks Bec and Gran.)

Cania Gorge is made up of contrasts with walks on the western side traversing through dry eucalypt forest and walks on the eastern side winding up through rainforest-like growth. It is not until you drive to Lake Cania at the end of the gorge that you see sweeping views of the gorge walls - generally you get glimpses through the trees. As a consequence, we found that we took more time seeing meaning in rocks and spotting butterflies and blossoms on our walks.

We stayed at the first of the two caravan parks in the gorge as you can access walks from the park. It was only on our second day here that we unplugged the motorhome and drove up to the lake (where we actually had a good mobile signal - otherwise there is none). 

The pathway from our caravan park which takes you to the national park walks:

Tree hugging rock near start of Two Storey Cave walk:

Tiny flowers, butterflies and caterpillars were on show throughout the national park:

We even spotted a few Wallabys - this one's pouch was overfilled with Joey:

Rainbow lorikeets are fed each day at 4pm at our caravan park:

Interesting rock formations are a feature of the Two Storey Cave walk:

Taking a rest at Dripping Rock:

Seeing faces in rock formations on the Dripping Rock walk:

The gorge view from the lakeside lookout: