Alex & Jill Benham - Travelogue: Thursday 11th July 2013

Up early to do the Amalia Gorge walk before the day got too hot. Apparently this gorge has not got as much shade as others. Lots of birds around. A Nankeen Night Heron fairly active in bright daylight which was unusual. Also a Goshawk and some sort of small eagle feeding on a dead wallaby.

Some interesting pools along this walk, one with quite a lot of largish fish in it. As the brochure says this gorge would be quite spectacular early in the season when there was still lots of water flowing through the creek.

Amalia Gorge

Next stop was Zebedee Springs. The walk to the springs (about 0.5 km) is through quite a tropical area of Livistona Palms. At the springs there were lots of little holes among the rocks where one to 6 people could lounge and enjoy the warm water. Even though there were a lot of people there you could lie back look up through the canopy of palms at the blue sky and cliff, listening to the nearby waterfall and imagine you were on your own.

Zebadee Springs

On the way back to camp we drove to the lookout at the top of Saddleback Ridge. It was a very steep track (low range 1^st gear) and the view was quite spectacular – a 360 degree panorama where you could see about 10% of El Questro – that’s big!!!