Didn't sleep all that well. While the pillows at the Shangri-La were very soft and squishy and turned into nothing, the pillows at Undara were super thick and quite uncomfortable on my neck.
Breakfast was cool though - the "bush breakfast" out in the bush. Quite lovely.
Campfire and billy tea
Wallaby at Undara Resort
Me at breakfast at Undara Resort
Photo by Mum
Tree regrowth after being chopped down for a telegraph route
Tree regrowth after being chopped down for a telegraph route
Some sort of bird of prey at Undara
Wallaroo at Undara
Lorikeet at Undara
Then we piled on a small coach which took us out to a couple of caves in the lava tubes. Those things are really quite spectacular. Thoroughly enjoyed those.
Bottle tree
Undara lava tube cave
Undara lava tube cave
Undara lava tube cave
Undara lava tube
Undara lava tube
Undara lava tube
Undara lava tube
Roof of a lava tube
Undara lava tube
Then hopped back into our main coach and drove for a couple of hours, stopping in Georgetown for lunch. Sadly Georgetown doesn't have an Optus repeater, so I messaged the sweetie from someone else's phone to let him know.
Australian bustard
Emu dad and four chicks
Crossing Junction Creek
Crossing Junction Creek
Greens Park in Georgetown
Our Outback Spirit truck, sorry, coach in Georgetown
Apostlebird
Bluefaced honeyeater
Bridge over the Etheridge River
After lunch we headed for Cobbold Gorge. Our room is nice enough, however they turned the only useable table into a luggage rack. Fail. So I'm typing this standing up on the bed head. Hrmm.
Countryside on the way to Cobbold Gorge
Rocks and termite mounds on the way to Cobbold Gorge
Anyway, after dumping our stuff we piled into another coach to go out to the Cobbold Gorge to go on a little boat cruise. They use really quiet little electric boats and the gorge is spectacular. Such a peaceful trip up and back. And we got to see some freshies :)
Boats for our Cobbold Gorge cruise
Cobbold Gorge
Rock strata
Claude!
Claude!
Cobbold Gorge
Cobbold Gorge
Cobweb in Cobbold Gorge
Cobbold Gorge
Boat in Cobbold Gorge
Cobbold Gorge
Cobbold Gorge
Cobbold Gorge
Cobbold Gorge
Freshwater crocodile in Cobbold Gorge
Cobbold Gorge
Got back and had a bit of a swim in the infinity pool which was lovely.
Infinity pool and landscape near Cobbold Gorge
Me in the infinity pool
Grasshopper
Lorikeets having a drink at the pool
Infinity pool
Then some bubbly and cheese before dinner.
Dinner was much like a home-cooked affair. But again, after three courses plus cheese I am completely stuffed. I think I've put on like five kilos in two days :/
After dinner they put on a video of the family from Big Country filmed in the late seventies or early eighties. It was ok but it was nearly 8:30 and I was uncomfortable from dinner and have I ever mentioned I hate how little down time you get from trips like this? I'm always exhausted by the time I get a chance to write up the day's events and download my photos, that often these writeups skip things I've thought of because it's just too hard and I want to get it over and done with .. hrmm...
At least there's aircon...
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