Day 41 Thursday 27th July

We were away quite early and headed out to the National Park. I was the first person out on the water and the sights were even more spectacular that yesterday. The reflections of the gorge and vegetation on still waters was truly beautiful. Rob had offered to walk to the “portage point” for the kayaks and canoes and help me move from the middle gorge to the upper gorge. I knew I couldn’t do this by myself so I was really happy as this meant I could continue on to the second smaller falls in this gorge. Rob and I managed to meet at the portage point, pull and carry the kayak over about 100 metres to the second gorge and I continued on my merry way while Rob waited for my return. Rob then spent about an hour assisting other people move their canoes from one gorge to the next. On my return from the falls, many people I encountered in canoes on their way up said how helpful Rob had been! He was quite the celebratory. After my return we met up with some new friends we met at Gregory and they invited us back to their caravan (they were staying out at the National Park) for coffee which we accepted. From here we decided to do another walk and went on an easy walk through rainforest, following the river to view some ancient Aboriginal art and to see where thousands of bats spend their day. We returned to our tent and spent the afternoon swimming and chatting with our Gregory friends who had come to Adels Grove for a swim and a drink with us. It looks like we will be spending an extra night here as our tyre won’t be arriving until tomorrow afternoon. We really don’t mind as we could be stuck in worse places.