Easter 2014 Lawn Hill trip Day 7

It was still overcast in the morning, so I didn't get out of bed until 7'ish. I wanted to do the remaining walks while it was still cool, so I packed the backpack with some water and wandered off to the Cascades. This was a relatively easy walk and didn't take long. 

On the way back I decided to try the climb up the Island Stack as my knees weren't feeling too bad. I took the climb slowly, pausing to take photos regularly, that is my excuse and I'm sticking to it. At the lookout on the top the view back down the gorge was spectacular. 

I then did the walk around the top before heading back down the steep section and going back to camp. 

All up approximately 3.5 kms over about 2 hours and many litres of sweat.

I went up to see Wayne and Anne and crew and they were almost packed, so I headed back to camp for breakfast and an ibuprofen or two. They left about half an hour later heading towards Julia Creek. I had also decided to leave today but I would pack up a bit more slowly, however while my tent was still in shade I decided to get it all done. It ended up that I was packed and showered and ready to go by 11 am, so I headed off back the same way I came in. The gravel road was fine and there was no other traffic to kick up any dust, then once the bitumen started it became a very easy drive. Only the odd cow or horse wanted to get in my way. 

I powered past Gregory Downs, Burke and Wills roadhouse and onto Cloncury where I refueled the car and had a quick snack at around 4 pm. I thought I remembered seeing a sign to a waterhole just south of Cloncurry and thought that would be a good place to camp for the night. But, my memory must have been playing tricks and I couldn't find it, so I ended up driving onto McKinlay where I stopped at the local caravan park for the evening. Then once I had set up the tent and had a shower a refrigerated truck pulled into the servo just down the road and it looks like I'll have a noisey evening as they run their fridges all night. Serves me right for not finding a quiet place off by the side of the road somewhere. I went to bed early and wrote up my blog and read a book for awhile. Luckily the truck was only there for a few hours and everything quieted down when it left.