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with a lot of steps that can be
hard on the knees. Most of the
tracks are rated for bushwalkers
with some experience and/or
for experienced walkers only.
Just one track (Baloon Cave) is
rated for small children or people
with mobility limitations.
The best way to tackle the
tracks is to walk to your furthest
point for the day and then
access the sidetracks to various
highlights on the way back.
A good starting destination
is Moss Garden at 7km return.
This ravishing little gorge is
flanked by emerald-green moss-
covered walls surrounding a
beautiful waterfall.
But if you would prefer to
begin with a shorter walk, try
the Nature Trail to Rock Pool (a
lovely stroll along the creek) at
3.6km return from the park’s
visitor centre. Baloon Cave, a
perfect little rock art tableau,
is a 1km return walk from a
signed car park.
As your knees adjust to going
up and down the track, tackle
Boolimba Bluff at 6.4km return:
this is straight up via hundreds
of steps and four ladders
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leading to an expansive view
of the Consuelo Tablelands.
This walk is rated for
experienced bushwalkers only.
Wards Canyon is a must but
it includes a series of steep
steps leading to a perfect
little garden fed by a clear
stream and walls festooned
with rock orchids (when in
bloom). Angiopteris evecta
ferns, the largest species on
earth, stand as sentinels in
the canyon.
Every RVer wandering
in the Central Queensland
area should visit Carnarvon
Gorge; the Takarakka Bush
Resort adds immensely to the
experience. Sadly, Grahame
Walsh passed away in 2007.
He remains well-known in
the Aboriginal ethnology,
anthropology and rock art
community.
If you do visit Takarakka,
please think of Grahame. His
heart remained at Takarakka
and his ashes are scattered
somewhere in the Carnarvons.
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