Isla Gorge - Sandstone Country
Posted: Mon 23 Nov, 2020 6:07 am
Moved from the wrong forum...
Intense inland dry heat, shimmering mirages & endless lonnng straight roads to get there. Buffeting Roadtrains. Stray roadside goats & cattle. Grey roo's. Dry riverbeds. Lotsa kms between fuel stops.
Covered picnic tables, drop toilets, tank water(don't rely on it, bring your own, it's remote), couple of fire pits in the camp area.
Explored nearby knolls, ridges & do-able downclimbs...weather worn arches, overhangs, bat caves & short tunnels riddle the cliffIines. I'll leave Isla's maze of gorges, peaks, springs & waterholes for the cooler season.
Tarpless hammock set up on the edge of the escarpment to catch any scant breezes...sun down, day temps cooled surprisingly quickly, top quilt snug as a bug, crescent moon & wide star filled heavens, whining mozzies outside the bugnet...it was just the escape I needed.
Intense inland dry heat, shimmering mirages & endless lonnng straight roads to get there. Buffeting Roadtrains. Stray roadside goats & cattle. Grey roo's. Dry riverbeds. Lotsa kms between fuel stops.
Covered picnic tables, drop toilets, tank water(don't rely on it, bring your own, it's remote), couple of fire pits in the camp area.
Explored nearby knolls, ridges & do-able downclimbs...weather worn arches, overhangs, bat caves & short tunnels riddle the cliffIines. I'll leave Isla's maze of gorges, peaks, springs & waterholes for the cooler season.
Tarpless hammock set up on the edge of the escarpment to catch any scant breezes...sun down, day temps cooled surprisingly quickly, top quilt snug as a bug, crescent moon & wide star filled heavens, whining mozzies outside the bugnet...it was just the escape I needed.