We had another excellent day today, we started it off with arriving at our new beautiful campsite called Finke River, 2 Mile. We pulled up next to the river where we could see that it was home to lots of birdlife as well as a very friendly dingo. We pulled up and the dingo acted like he was showing us our campsite. After we hopped out of the car, he casually walked away.
Then we drove out to Ormiston Gorge to do the big Pound walk. We started off on this magnificent 7 km walk, climbing through the mountain ranges. We then stopped a third of the way at the best lookout I have ever seen. It looked out over breath taking circle of mountains, with us standing on one side. We stayed there for a while taking in the spectacular view. Then we walked down into the circle of cliffs and out the only exit, the gorge.
After we walked out of there, we drove to Glen Helen Gorge and did a nice short walk to a gap that had a river running through it. Then we went back to Ormiston Gorge to listen to ranger talk about animal tracks. We started by identifying animals, he held up some pictures of animals and we had to say what they were. While we were listing the animals, 3 Spinifex pigeons came peaking around at our feet. When we got to the Dingo, right on cue a dingo ran through the background (not planned). So we got to get a good glimpse of the features the ranger was describing to us. Then we also learn about the animals scat (poo). We learnt about how to get a fair guess of what animal made it, by telling whats in it and whether it’s a carnivore or a herbivore. We then had a look at 2 skulls, 3 snake skins, 1 complete gecko skin and an Echidna skin. To finish off the talk, we identified some tracks of the animals. We then went back to the caravan to enjoy the rest of the late afternoon, watching the bird life.
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