Woken at 5.50 by the kookaburra chorus. This morning's dawn is quite chilly, the first time that we have needed anything more substantial than t shirts since we got here. The daytime temperatures are generally around 27C - not too hot at all. Rosena cooked a special treat for brekker - eggy bread.
We have survived yesterday's 15km hike and are really enjoying our stay here. Dave and John went for another, shorter walk this morning up to Boolimba Bluffs, overlooking the mouth of the gorge. From this elevated spot there were views over a vast swathe of wilderness Rosena stayed home to do the washing and a bit of birdwatching which produced some excellent results. Just by our cabin a kookaburra was fishing in the creek, a mother and baby kangaroo were sunbathing and brightly coloured king parrots were to be seen.
After lunch we attempted to upload the blog up to Saturday, using the site's wifi connection but it was extremely slow so we had to compromise and post without pictures. We then went to look at a couple of local spots, one with some aboriginal art and the other a possible platypus spotting site. No platypus but we did see turtles. While we were doing this John was preparing his piece de resistance - a leg of lamb roasted in a cast iron pot, part buried in the campfire. We all tucked in to a tremendous roast dinner, which wasn't even spoiled by the fact that somebody forgot the mint sauce.
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