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 Al
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/98327108@N06/albums/72157683688043443

 
Posted : 17/07/2017 12:36 pm
(@joiibear)
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Fabulous, Al :yahoo:

Omg OMG those steps! :nono: lol

 
Posted : 17/07/2017 12:58 pm
(@vanislander)
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It’s not hard to imagine why this area has the name Carnarvon – it must have been named for Caernarvon/Caernarfon in Wales! It is certainly craggy, yet so lush-looking in places.

Of course, when I started thinking about it and looked it up, this is what I read: <span style="font-size:100]“The first European to traverse the future park was Thomas Mitchell, in the 1840s. He named the Carnarvon Range after a location in Wales.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnarvon_National_Park [/url]

I loved the cabins – they are very reminiscent of ones we stayed in on a trip to Queensland on Lady Elliott Island, Great Barrier Reef.

The aboriginal art is fascinating – it must have been awe-inspiring to see it first-hand!

"The indigenous stencil artists of Central Queensland, such as those who created sites such as the Art Gallery and Cathedral Cave in Carnarvon Gorge, are regarded by some researchers as the best in the world. It appears they developed complex stencilling techniques that have not been replicated elsewhere. Only one full adult body stencil is known to exist in the world; it can be seen publicly at the Tombs site in the Mount Moffatt section of the park. It is the largest known stencil, and a good example of the heights to which this form of human expression was taken in Central Queensland."

<img class="go2wpf-bbcode" src=" https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Aboriginal_art_Carnarvon_Gorge.jp g">

<span style="font-size:120]And I have to agree with joii about those steps. ">

 
Posted : 20/07/2017 5:13 am
RB2sMom
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Won't catch me on those steps either with my fear of heights

 
Posted : 20/07/2017 5:32 am
(@joiibear)
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<span style="font-size:150] Someone took a photo from the top or one of the platforms ">

 
Posted : 20/07/2017 7:24 am
(@vanislander)
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Wonder if that same fearless person climbed up and into the cave?

<img class="go2wpf-bbcode" src=" http://i.imgur.com/dTzp9sr.jp g">

 
Posted : 20/07/2017 7:41 am
(@joiibear)
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Arrrgh! :dizzy: :worried: :swoon:

Expect Al got his drone to do that lol

 
Posted : 20/07/2017 8:03 am
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