1sr June 2026: Today we walked down into Porcupine Gorge with its most prominent landmark Pyramid rock at one end with a network of pools at the base at the end of a river running down the centre of the gorge. We reached Pyramid Rock and then crossed to the other side of the river across rocks where Nic got his feet wet. We made our way back up the far side of the gorge walking over rocks then scrambling down some more until we reached a place where we could cross the river back to the campsite side. This time it was my turn to get wet feet! We continued walking upstream, (after a delay for me to empty my shoes of water and wring out my socks)-and found a lunch spot under a shady tree.

We kept walking as far as we could in search of an elusive waterfall at the end of the gorge, but we couldn’t progress any further without taking to the water, so we turned back. Nic made great progress, with me bringing up the rear by quite a long way as we climbed up the many steps out of the gorge!

We chilled out with a tonic and bitters with lime, followed by a nice warm shower using our outside shower with no other campers near enough to be concerned by some naked older bodies! We then had a cup of tea, a rest, and then I cooked a Vegie pasta sauce dish with freshly grated Parmesan (Nic).

We indulged ourselves with Starlink, watching 7.30pm and then Shetland 










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