The boarder between Queensland (where the next national park I wanted to go to) and New South Wales (were I had been travelling) opened the day before I headed towards Sundown National Park = perfect.
The drive there was very scenic.
The parks guide describes it as "a rugged and remote wilderness on the Queensland–New South Wales border".
Entering the southern entrance brings you to the Broadwater Camp Ground.
I walked the 1km trail to the ‘permanent waterhole’ which was a long portion of the river deep enough to swim in and with a small amount of water flow.
I enjoyed being in the park and was very keen to do one or more of the multi-day walking treks, but as I do not quite have all the gear yet I would need for a trek like that.
The day was stinking hot and although there were loads of trees in the campground they did not seem to provide much relief from the heat.
I had paid to camp the night there, but decided instead to head out and up to the northern end of the park.
I followed the instructions of google maps… but the damn thing took me the
long way round !!
Blue line shows the geo map trail of the roads I actually drove.
Approx 11 kms of 4wdr to the Red Rocks Camp site
I found a great camp side on level ground with just the right amount of shelter next to a small pond for the night.
I spent quite a bit of time near the pond attempting to capture photos of the birdlife.
You may need to look hard at this image to see the bird with its head downwards near the water as it clings to a water reed.
The afternoon was heavy with distant thunderclaps and as the sun began to set the frogs began to croak.
I went hunting them for photos. It seemed to take forever to find them. Problem was I was looking for large frogs as I have seen everywhere else.
But these ones were not only perfectly camouflaged, they were tiny, only about 2cm long at most.
I had just settled in for dinner when the Thunder and lightening came closer and then burst over me.
Huge drops of water. I placed my bucket out under edge of awning to make the most of the rain water.
I was very glad that the road in was hard packed rock after that rain, so it would still be driveable the following day.
The thunderstorm was a timely lesson for me also on not only being sure I parked my vehicle to allow for things like that in future, but also to help me understand the sort of equipment I would need if out on a multi-day tramp when a storm like that hit.
I was very pleased to be tucked up nice and dry inside Lulu for the night.
I highly recommend Sundown National Park, especially if you have a 4wdr.
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