Eungella National Park QLD – Day 1

Wednesday 23rd August 2023
Today we ventured into the Eungella National Park. It was a beautiful scenic drive up a narrow winding road. The view through the valley was spectacular. We enjoyed a couple of short walks – the Sky Window loop with a fantastic lookout, the Pine Grove loop and Cedar Grove trail. All the walks were through rainforest but it was very dry which takes away from some of its beauty. We also went on a scenic drive from Eungella to Broken River where we did some platypus watching, then drove a loop from Broken River through Credition. It was a very nice day.

: As we drove from Finch Hatton up through the scenic winding road..

: ..view halfway up the winding road we have just travelled..

: ..view from the Sky Window trail..

: ..and again from the Sky Window lookout..

: ..this was one of the trails we were hoping to walk but it has been damaged from all the rain this year. Maybe next time..

: Broken River platypus hole..

: ..and we were lucky today, we saw one quite a few times. This is where we stood in the rain for hours in 2010 without seeing a platypus..

: ..a Saw-shelled turtle in with the platypus..

: ..we drove through some beautiful forests..

: ..some flying foxes on the Pine Grove trail. They have furry faces..

: ..this was just one of the many trees with hundreds of flying foxes just hanging around..

: ..the Tree Arch..

: ..a Strangler Fig that had killed its host..

: ..an amazing palm frond..

: ..a juvenile Eastern Whipbird..

: ..a Pale-yellow Robin that wasn’t so pale, it was a vibrant yellow..

: ..and another one, slightly darker in colour..

: ..a beautiful fan palm..

: ..back at our camp in Finch Hatton, they have resident turkeys..

: ..the view along the creek at our camp.

: ..Our drive today around the Eungella area – just 72km.