Boodjamulla National Park, Lawn Hill QLD – Day 1

Thursday 26th August 2021
Well today is going to be a very long day as I had the most horrendous nights sleep. We were hoping to get going early but unfortunately my best sleep was between 6.30am and 8am. Oh well. We set out for our hike about 10am and did the Upper Gorge Loop which encompassed Lawn Hill Creek, Upper Gorge Lookout, Duwadarri Lookout, Indarri Falls and Indarri Falls Lookout. It was a lovely walk and wasn’t too hot considering we got started a bit late. We walked the back section in the sun first and then enjoyed a lovely swim before lunch at Indarri Falls. We chatted with a few couples along the way. We saw a potential inflatable kayak (seaeagle.com) for us in the future. Then we headed up to the Indarri lookout and back along the creek.

We headed back to camp for a short while, prepared dinner, then headed back to the national park for a sunset walk to The Stack. Unfortunately the bridge was down and we decided swimming across the river after dark probably wasn’t a good idea. So we did a quick loop around the smaller Indarri Falls lookout loop. It was beautiful in the fading light. We returned to the car in the dark by torchlight but the track was really good so it was a quick easy walk.

: Our little campsite on Lawn Creek in Adels Grove campground 10km from Boodjamulla National Park.

: Lawn Creek in Boodjamulla National Park..

: ..the start of our Upper Gorge Loop track..

: ..a little dragon along the way..

: ..we headed out the open area first before it got too hot..

: ..first stop Upper Gorge Lookout..

: ..where we saw some people paddling the canoes..

: ..then we headed back down from the lookout..

: ..and continued passed some amazing cliff faces..

: ..that were so sheer..

: ..as we came to the gorge at a lower level..

: ..and then made it to the platform where the canoes are dragged from Upper to Middle Gorge..

: ..as Indarri Falls is in the middle..

: ..some Archer Fish in the creek where we swam..

: ..at the beautiful Indarri Falls..

: ..we enjoyed a lovely swim here..

: ..before lunch..

: ..and then another one after lunch before continuing our walk….

: ..a tour cruise on Middle gorge with Upper gorge also in the picture..

: Upper and Middle Gorge from Indarri Falls Lookout

: View from Indarri Falls Lookout..

: ..as we continue along our walk..

: View of Middle Gorge from Duwadarri Lookout..

: Our hike for sunset on the Indarri Loop track, up the rocky section in the daylight..

: ..view from Duwadarri – what a difference the fading light makes to the colours of the rocks..

: ..the view was spectacular..

: ..we are so lucky..

: ..looking back in the other direction from Duwadarri lookout..

: ..it was so beautiful..

: ..as we continue on the loop walk..

: ..to Indarri Lookout..

: ..we enjoyed more beautiful scenery..

: ..and again..

: ..then we headed down the rocky stairs..

: ..to Indarri Falls..

: ..a very enjoyable walk..

: ..we then walked the trail back to the car which was a nice dirt trail, luckily as it was dark by the time we finally got back there by torch light..