Easter 2014 Lawn Hill trip Day 6

As it's been so hot I decided to do a few walks in the morning. So I got out of bed around 7'ish and had an excellent bacon and egg wrap for Brekky and then started getting packed for the walk. Lots of water and swimming togs in case it got too hot. I had the spot tracker as well but of course I forgot to take the Fitbit. I left around 8 am after saying goodbye to Phil who was packing up to head home via the more scenic coast road and found that Wayne, Anne and company weren't interested in a walk as they were just getting up. I had decided to do just a shot walk around to Indarri Falls and Duwadarri lookouts but once I got to Indarri Falls and I was feeling pretty good so I decided to head onto the upper gorge lookout. 

The weather was overcast and a little bit cooler than yesterday but I still had to drink heaps of water and take a few stops, mainly to take photos of course and not to have a rest. :) The walk along beside the gorge was very pleasant and shady. 

I eventually got to the turnoff to the upper gorge lookout and then the going started to get tough as the climb got steep and because it was exposed it got hotter as well. The view both up and down the gorges was spectacular from the lookout and well worth the effort.  

Then it was time to walk back to the campsite via the inland track and thankfully it was relatively flat but hot. 

I took the route past the Indarri Falls Lookout which then wound across to Duwadarri lookout where you could see out over both the ranger station and the camp grounds. 

The track down to the campsite however was very steep and the knees were protesting severely, so I just took it slow and easy. I dropped in to see Wayne and Anne on the way past their camp site and they were worried that the overcast sky wouldn't let their small solar panel farm keep up with the demands of both the freezer and fridge, so they ended up running their car for awhile. 

I was back in camp about 7.5 kms and three hours later and feeling worn out. So after lots of cold drinks and a light lunch I decided to just laze around camp for the arvo. I tried moving the solar panels around to get the best charge but with overcast skies it was hard to tell when the tree shadows covered the panels. We then had about 10 drops of rain, it wasn't even enough to make the car look wet. The weather radar is showing lots of clouds and rain to the north in the gulf but it doesn't look like it'll come down this way. I spent some time getting the car into some sort of order and charging a multitude of batteries before having an early dinner and then heading down to see Wayne, Anne and company and then getting to bed rather early.