Friday 27th August 2021
Today we had a very quiet morning, a sleep in as I slept badly yet again. some housekeeping and a rest until lunch time. We the had a swim in the creek near our camp, whilst in the water a lady paddled passed and told us she had seen a little freshie up the creek about 400m basking on a log. We had a chat with a family from Freshwater NSW who have been travelling for the same timeframe as us from who had made the decision to travel all of Term 3 and are really grateful to be away as they would be home schooling anyway. We really enjoy the time spent chatting to people about where they have been and where we have been, all feeding off one another to gauge where to go to next. We have decided to extend another day here so we will be leaving here on Sunday. Not sure where we are going then but we will work it out in the next couple of days.

This afternoon we finally got on the water. We paddled a canoe (a first time thing for me) on the Middle and Upper Gorge of the Lawn Hill Creek ($50 for a double for 2 hrs). We took the 3-5pm time slot and when we collected the canoe the guy asked if would we like to stay out for the sunset, he was happy for us to stay our passed 5pm, if we just dragged the canoe up as he wouldn’t be there after 5pm. That was awesome. So we enjoyed a leisurely paddle up the gorges, looking on every log and in every nook and cranny for a croc to no avail again Maybe tomorrow. On the way back we stopped between Upper and Middle Gorge for a swim at Indarri Falls which was lovely again. We then paddled back along Middle Gorge in the fading light and picturesque landscape. It was so serene, with smooth waters and spectacular cliffs. An amazing experience yet again.

We finished at about 6.15pm which was unfortunately a little late for the sunset walk we had planned, so instead we headed back to camp and joined another couple we talked to who were also canoeing this afternoon that we met at the falls for dinner. Like minded travellers sharing their adventures. It was a lovely night.