Mickeys Creek Gorge and Baloon Cave

Carnarvon Gorge section, Carnarvon National Park - a spectacular gorge system with towering white cliffs and lush side gorges - is Queensland's central highlands' most popular attraction. Carnarvon Creek meanders through eucalypt and cabbage palm forest and attracts 170 bird species. Explore creeks, mossy gorges and cool rainforests on 21 kilometres of walking track. Head for nearby Mickey Creek and the Rock Pool or climb Boolimba Bluff. Discover Aboriginal art at Baloon Cave and the Art Gallery. Spot whiptail wallabies and fairy-wrens, and watch platypus in the creek in the early morning.

...... Closeup of wattle flowers .....

.....Walking bridge across a small side creek ....

..... Baloon Cave with Aboriginal stencils of

stoneaxe heads and some hands can be seen

on the ceiling of the cave ..... Baloon is the Aboriginal

word for axe. Aboriginals possibly used the

rock layer in the cave to make stone axes ….

….. Ken pointing to the Aboriginal stencils of

stoneaxe heads and some hands which can

be seen on the ceiling of the cave …..

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