{"id":178,"date":"2012-12-19T09:16:40","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T01:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.joel.net.au\/?p=178"},"modified":"2026-06-20T19:22:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T11:22:36","slug":"carnarvon-gorge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/2012\/12\/19\/carnarvon-gorge\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnarvon Gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stumbled across one of the best, most spectacular places I have seen in Australia so far: Carnarvon Gorge. And to think I wasn’t even planning to visit the place. They only had official park service camping available after a 10km hike in, so I had anticipated giving it a miss. But seeing how most camp sites I have been to have been far less crowded than expected, I decided to call Takarakka Bush Resort, a private campground within the boundaries of the national park that I had read about, to see if they might have room for me and my tent – and they did. <\/p>\n

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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Aboriginal Rock Art, Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kangaroo at Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The drive into the park was really quite spectacular, starting with a pretty ordinary, dull brown flat drive (it had been pretty average since I left Wilcannia, NSW), then a noticeable greening of the landscape, and finally a full-blown, rich green forest sitting in a micro-climate with spectacular drops into deep gorges. I did a few short walks on the first day, including one into a nice, cool rock pool for a swim that evening, before doing another short hike up to see some cool old Aboriginal cave paintings. On the second day, I did a bit of hiking up into the beautiful gorge. It was an extremely beautiful place. I would definitely say it’s one of the top things to see in Australia!<\/p>\n

\"Kookaburra
Kookaburra sitting in old gum tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kookaburra
Kookaburra in flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Kangaroos at Carnarvon National Park, Queensland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A few hikes around the area <\/strong>
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