We were up nice and early after a good nights sleep and after coffee and a quick pack up we headed of to have a look at the other two campgrounds in the park. We eventually found them but neither was as good as the one we had stayed at the previous night. While the road was rough and gutted in a few places it wasn't really challenging to drive and there were no real sights to be seen, so we decided to head back out of the park.
Shane had realized that he hadn't tied his shovel on properly and it had escaped and run away, so on the way back we had had to keep an eye out for it. We eventually found it about 100 metres from the previous nights camp. Then it was back out through the park and the farm roads to the main Capricorn Highway where we had a quick drinks stop to decide what we would do for the rest of today. We decided to head a bit further inland to have a look at Blacksland Tableland National Park. Unfortunately the parks web site showed no camp sites for the evening but we went for a look anyway.
The tableland is a couple of hundred metres above the surrounding plain and the road was twisty and steep but still a relatively easy drive. We stopped at the first lookout (Horseshoe lookout) for a quick look and had some lunch as well.
We continued out to the Rainbow Waters walk were Shane went for a couple of km walk and I stayed in the shade at the car park writing up the day's activities and reading a book. Then it was off for a drive around the 4wd loop which took us to another spectacular lookout.
Shane had realized that he hadn't tied his shovel on properly and it had escaped and run away, so on the way back we had had to keep an eye out for it. We eventually found it about 100 metres from the previous nights camp. Then it was back out through the park and the farm roads to the main Capricorn Highway where we had a quick drinks stop to decide what we would do for the rest of today. We decided to head a bit further inland to have a look at Blacksland Tableland National Park. Unfortunately the parks web site showed no camp sites for the evening but we went for a look anyway.
The tableland is a couple of hundred metres above the surrounding plain and the road was twisty and steep but still a relatively easy drive. We stopped at the first lookout (Horseshoe lookout) for a quick look and had some lunch as well.
Then it was off into the park for a look at the main campsite, where unsurprisingly, there were quite a few empty sites, although the web site said that it was full. We had a quick look at some nearby rock pools and Shane had a quick swim to cool off, even though it must have been 5 or 6 degrees cooler on the tablelands than Down below.
We continued out to the Rainbow Waters walk were Shane went for a couple of km walk and I stayed in the shade at the car park writing up the day's activities and reading a book. Then it was off for a drive around the 4wd loop which took us to another spectacular lookout.
As it was getting late we needed to find a camp site, so Wikicamps to the rescue. We found one about 50 Kms away, so headed back down from the Tablelands and drove to the back of Comet and a spot on the MacKensie River. It was a km or two off the road down a pretty rough track but it is not too bad. We set up quickly and had some dinner before sitting around and chatting for awhile and going to bed early when the mozzies arrived.
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