We got to Fitzroy Crossing about midday and headed to the fuel station and topped up the tank and bought some fresh bread before heading out to Geikie Gorge.
When we got there and had some lunch before we found out that the times we thought we saw at the Fitzroy Crossing visitor centre was wrong and there isnt a 1 pm boat ride it is 12 noon or 3pm so we had to kill some time until 2.30pm when they sold the tickets for the trip.
Luckily for us, they now put all families with kids at the front of the boat, so we got 3rd row back and Rena got to outside seat, so she got a really good view of the river.
This time the guy from Parks and Wildlife (use to be DEC, CALM but now back to Parks and Wildlife) Skoobes (I think thats how you spell it) took us a bit further down the river, and we got to see a bit more and find out a bit more too. He had a young aboriginal kid on board Leon, who assisted him in the driving of the boat, so it made the trip a bit more special too.
Rena got to see a few freshwater crocodiles reasonably close, and James and I got to see how many things had and had not changed in 8 years.
After the boat ride we headed back to the highway and our long haul to the campspot for the night. There was a fair amount of roadworks going on to so this slowed us down a little too.
When we got to Ellendale Rest Area it was packed, the spot that was left and we attempted to back in to was not ideal, luckily for us Peter (a very nice gentleman) came to our rescue and said we could camp next to him on the flatspot. We took him up on his offer and set up camp.
Peter and Dianne were from the Gold Coast and have been living on the road now for about 7 years they said. They had a good setup. But most of all, they didnt mind us camping close to them with a 4 yr old. Thank you.
All set up, spag on toast for dinner tonight, nice and easy, feeling really tired and run down tonight. been sneezing all afternoon.
Early to bed, big drive tomorrow.
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| Geikie Gorge Ranger Boat Tour |
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| Geikie Gorge |
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| A local who thought we got a bit close |
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| Geikie Gorge |
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