Day 36 – El Questro

I woke early (5:30, with dawn) and showered and dressed. Lynn was quickly up and we left the campground after breakfast not long after. We headed off to Emma Gorge and started on the walk at 7:45. A lot of the walk was over difficult terrain, but it was indispersed with level sandy track. We reached point 9 by 9:15 and called it quits then. It was slower going back and we didn’t arrive until nearly 11. We were back at El Questro before noon and called in to get an icy pole – while speaking to another visitor he showed me my driving light on the left was loose. It had worn a hole and broken part of the aluminium bull bar away. We drove down to the campsite and I enlisted the aid of a fellow opposite to help me at dusk (too warm then, plus we were going out). We walked down to the reception area by 2 and were ready for our bus/gorge tour. By 2:25 we were off (bus excursion travellers were no-shows). By 2:50 we were on the cruise with Vinnie and Greg (an ex-Zimbabwean). The cruise was very slow with details of the flora and fauna, as well as the geography flowing smoothly as we went down the Chamberlain River. At a rock bar we had to stop and we fed archer fish and saw catfish and barramundi. During this time we got drinks and fruit nibbles. We returned to the bus and then got a view of the accommodation shown in the brochures – at $3000 per night! Back at the campsite I got my mat and tools out and then the fellow opposite and I removed the two driving lights (the other had broken the bull bar at the mount) and then stowed them inside. We had some tea and then went to bed after I had chatted to a French couple cycling around the country since March (they have a year) and a family from Carrum Downs (the husband does stairs and works at Werribee frequently).