In the screen dump above you can see the deep gorges. These are like splits in the flat tableland, with a waterfall at the apex of each gorge. The gorges are hundreds of meters deep! And relatively narrow. When we saw the signs to the first waterfall we were expecting that such flat country could only have a small rapid or something similar. So imagine how astounded we were to come into this formation!
This is Tia Falls. And so is this - that blue spot is Joe after walking down a stairway which doesn't even go halfway down to the bottom of the gorge.
This is another of the gorges....the picture is over exposed because the shadows were too deep to see the waterfalls otherwise. There is not a lot of flow in this one -dry season.
This area is so spectacular! I wonder why it is not better known? There are helicopter flights over it which must be very interesting.
Today we are at the northern end of this area, Cathedral Rock park. Joe has gotten up early and gone for a 3 hour walk, leaving me to sleep in. He has climbed the rock, which is the sort of thing he likes. "quite spectacular" he says. Meanwhile I stayed back at the camp ground and read, blogged, and made the fire for breakfast and tea. Ahhh! That's the kind of thing I like to do! We have a UHf radio for communication while he is away so I know how long he'll be etc.
At one of the camping areas we met a camper, Roger Fryer. He is a journalist photographer, who publishes a magazine for the Bicentenial National Trail, the horse riding, bicycling and walking trail that runs from Victoria to far North Qld. He is a great photographer and seems to spend a lot of his time in the bush. Have a look at some of his photos here:-
Www.rogfryer.com.
There is also a link to his blog there. He's an entertaining writer.
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