Today we began early as a hot day was forecast. We left the Kambah shops carpark, our meeting point, at 7.30 and drove 45 mins to Namadji National Park to the Rendezvous Creek carpark. An interesting walk on paths, through long native grasses, some prickly scrub but mainly in exposed pasture land.
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The Rendevous Creek carpark, situated at the entrance of the Gudgenby Valley.
IPreparing for the walk. Gaters and/ or long pants needed today for parts of the walk. Some walkers found gloves an asset through the sections of bursaria
which was dense and prickly.
Dew-filled spiderwebs shone in the early morning light.
The remnants of Paddy Moore's wooden cottage. An early settler. We passed several other sites, where families had lived in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. One was the resident rabbit trapper family for the landowners. Their infant daughter's grave was under one of the large gum trees near their hut.
Kangaroos everywhere. Rock wallabies on the road into the National Park and large groups in the valley. Disturbingly, we saw some wild dogs rounding up kangaroos trying to hole them up into the side of the mountain.
Enjoying the view.
Walking up from the old airstrip towards the cave shelter.
The dreaded bursaria.
The cave with evidence of some early art and a convenient and cool rest point for morning tea.
Long grasses. Some masking water courses and a myriad of rabbit warrens.
The view down the Gudgenby Valley.
Middle Creek cascades.
Perfect place for lunch and cooling tired and hot feet.
A resident skink.
Candle bark gums with brilliant red trunks.
Some interested bystanders as we crossed the valley.
Rock shelter.
Heading back to the carpark on Boboyan Road.
14 walkers today. A very chatty group with lots of information to share about the history and the wildlife in the area.
M&M
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