Was war so los in den letzten Jahren?
Tuesday, 2nd of August 2011
Driving from Carnarvon Gorge to Clermont took me almost all day with some time in the library of Emerald, Queensland, Australia to check emails and all other online data because I had been totally disconnected for 3 days. ...weiterlesen "Driving from Carnarvon Gorge to Clermont"
Monday, 1st of August 2011
Carnarvon Gorge | Boolimba Bluff ...weiterlesen "Carnarvon Gorge – Boolimba Bluff"
Sunday 31st of July 2011
Carnarvon Gorge | main track up to Big Bend and the gorge ...weiterlesen "Carnarvon Gorge – main track up to Big Bend and the gorge"
Saturday 30th July 2011
Driving from Injune to Takarakka camp site at Carnarvon Gorge and doing some hiking ...weiterlesen "Driving form Injune to Takarakka camp site at Carnarvon Gorge"
Carnarvon Gorge is located in the Southern Brigalow Belt bioregion in Central Queensland (Australia), 593 km northwest of Brisbane. Primarily created by water erosion, Carnarvon Gorge is around 30 kilometres long, and six hundred metres deep at the mouth. It is the most visited feature within Carnarvon National Park due to the diversity of experiences it contains and the ease with which it can be accessed. The closest towns are Injune and Rolleston.
Some researchers have suggested that Aboriginal people did not live in the gorge permanently, due to defensive concerns and lack of food resources, whilst others suggest that permanent occupation was not allowed due to the gorge being considered sacred. The dreamtime stories tell a tale of the Rainbow Serpent which made the gorges, and resides in their permanent waterholes to this day.
Ludwig Leichhardt was the first European explorer to pass nearby and make note of the ranges, during his expedition to Port Essington in 1844. Two years…
