Just getting into the camp ground is interesting as we had to cross the Pentecost River to get in. Depth was about halfway up the wheels. The roadway was clearly marked and so it was difficult to go wrong even though it was a rocky bottom. My cynicism did cut in a bit when I noticed the downstream road marker was also a dam that raised the water level three or four inches just to add to the excitement of the water crossing, and possibly keep the faint hearted out. There was no room for the faint hearted on the 4 wheel drive track to Saddleback Ridge lookout. If you did not know what you were doing you could have been in a lot of trouble. Very steep, rocky and twisty climb up then had to go down in the rapidly fading light after sunset. Thanks Ricky Esser for the training.
Our next journey went to Drysdale camp ground, had toilets but bring your own shower. It is amazing that we could shower in 5 litres of water each. We Tag teamed the dogs so that we could go into the Mitchel Falls while Dave and Bec stayed home with the dogs then next day we were dog sitters for them. The road in varied from good to bloody horrible. The bad sections were deeply corrugated, full of bulldust, rocky, or various combinations of all three. We chose to walk the 5 km to the falls from the Falls car park and be helicoptered back. The walk took a reasonable amount of effort with quite difficult sections climbing over rocks, but there were also lots of easy sections through open grassland and wooded areas. Lots to see on the way, Little and Big Merton falls, Aboriginal rock art and scenic views, but the Mitchel Falls at the end of the walk were magnificent. The Helicopter ride back to the car park took us on a couple of loops around the falls enabling the photo shown. There were no doors on the helicopter so every fundamental orifice was held firmly clamped shut for the 6 minute flight, but it was well worth it.
We are at Derby, lots more to report but it will have to wait as it is close to beer o'clock.
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