The road to Lawn Hill was dirt road alternating with bitumen, and plenty of wallabies and emus along with more swarms of locusts.
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| Riversleigh is the fossil area |
The campsite setup for the National Park was that there were not particular sites to book, even though you must have a booking. Then there are two different areas, one for camper-trailers, and one for tent campers, and this meant that our group was split up. Al & Dell spent the $50 to hire a canoe and went for a paddle, while we soaked, swam and relaxed.
Animals abounded with Archer fish, both catfish, Stripey Perch, Long Tom, Black Striped Grunter, Tortoises, Barra in the creek, and Buff-sided Robin, Black cockatoo, Kites, Bowerbird with his bower white, Grey crowned babblers, and Buff sided robins. Darryl gathered several locusts from the radiator cover and fed the fish.
Darryl walked to the waterfall to take photos of Al and Del paddling up the creek and the view from Boojamulla lookout.
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| Dell's got one of those nifty backpacks which has a water supply and drinking tube |
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| The ranger's quarters look tiny from above |
He then had quite a good chat with a traditional owner who was in charge of the canoes.
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| The "Greater Bower-bird's" lovely bower |
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| The swarms of locusts were decimating the Cabbage Tree Palms |
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| In for another dip |
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| The sun just caught the cliffs behind the campground at sunset |
We had an interesting neighbour, Gaynor, who joined us for Happy Hour. There was a gusty wind at night.
Fantastic spot to visit but you need to book at least 3 weeks ahead for a site. The Ranger did his rounds every day and challenged a group that looked like they were about to camp illegally. There were some vacant sites but the ranger said people often pay for a site but do not turn up. They do not know if that person will turn up later or not and they cannot give away the site because they could turn up later.
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