Mount Moffitt - Queensland

Mount Moffitt – Carnarvon Gorge

The difference between Mount Moffitt and the previous blog for Carnarvon Gorge is like chalk and cheese.  Mount Moffitt is still part of Carnarvon Gorge and is on the back side within hiking distance, however to drive from one to the other was another overnight trip for us (around 300km).  It lies in a Queensland’s Sandstone Belt in a more remote and grassy woodlands area.  We only saw one other group of campers and overnight dropped in the minus, coldest night I’ve ever experienced.

We camped at Dargonelly’s Rock Hole  which was close to Marlong Arch.  We also hiked to the Chimneys, sandstone pillars that have remained on a bluff while the rest of the top has eroded away over time.  We also walked on to The Tombs.  This is an Aboriginal burial site carved into a giant rock wall. 

The dead were wrapped in soft bark cylinders from nearly trees, wrapped in marsupial fur, tied with possum fur twine and then often painted.  This site is for the Bidjara people and most of the burial chambers were desecrated around 1920.  This felt very sacred and there was a notice at the beginning of the trail, that said you should not enter the area with with aner or negative thoughts in our hearts, or harm would come to any who entered. All images are copyright of Suzie K Photography.