Murph and Crowey: Gregory Downs and Lawn Hill

After a few days in Mount Isa we decided to have the hatch replaced in Cairns instead (little more exciting perhaps) but on the way to Cairns we ventured out to a place by the name of Gregory Downs, which quite a few travellers have recommended to us on the way. It was quite a long and boring drive, but quite worth it once we pulled up by the river Gregory and had a refreshing swim in the river after our long hot drive.

Crowey does some maintanence to our caravan

a sweet little red finch of some sort

I was talking to a lovely couple by the name of Gail and Ron who had a motorhome and asked if they had been out to Lawn Hill, of which they said they were going to do this next time they were in the area. It wasn't until the next morning when we got up early to specifically go out to Lawn Hill Gorge that I told Crowey about the conversation I had with Gail and Ron the night before and it then occured to me all of a sudden that the reason they weren't going to Lawn Hill Gorge was due to the road being gravel. Crowey quickly jumped up and went over to them and asked if they wanted to come with us, even though we had no back seat, but if they put their motorhome cushions down they would travel within reasonable comfort. Gail and Ron jumped at the opportunity to come with us so off we set off for Lawn Hill Gorge.

We decided to canoe this gorge as we missed out on canoeing the Katherine Gorge. It was a beautiful scenic paddle along two sections of the gorge, the day was hot but a swim after the second gorge was most appreciated and enjoyed.

off we go

me leading the way

a nice swim at the end

Getting back to camp about 2.00pm we saw a group of travellers sitting together at the river bank and went and joined them for an afternoon of chatting, sitting, drinking and a few dips in the river. We had a wonderful stay here and met some lovely people once again.