Day 20 & 21 Rest and Granite Gorge and Davies Creek Rock art

Day 20 was a rest day after our Reef experience. I had a massage, the kids played in the caravan park without us hovering parents. Em also went to the mall, replaced her dying phone and purchased snorkel gear for the kids - video below shows a bit of the park we're staying in

Day 21 will take us to Granite Gorge (cover pic) which is in the Atherton Tablelands. We went via Davies Creek where we walked about 3 kms along a track to some rock art you'll see below. I'm writing this now from the cabin we stayed at Granite Gorge - its the morning and we are planning our Day 22 route through Atherton and onto Lake Eacham

 We also made a few stops along the way, first at a rad looking skate park (yes "Rad" is the word no kid uses these days), then onto a billabong that was teaming with life... and a random old army truck.

We drove about 6 km down a dirt track, then a walk to Bunda Dibandji Rock Art Site. Tom really doesn't like it when I film or photograph him. I'm trying to find the right balance between being in the moment and documenting what happens with my phone. But during this walk the combination of Dad taking pics and the stones that were getting into tom's shoes made him not want to continue. Also the steep gradient made it hard for Em - So Josh and I pushed on while Em and Tom headed back to the car. During the walk Josh found a tiny birds nest

The Rock art we saw was very faded, however, the sign told us it depicted a man who had come to this site to die after being accidentally burnt by two women. The site then became an important birthing site.

 Ems post from here on: We arrived at Granite Gorge about 2.30 and headed out for the swimming hole where the boys found their first ever rope swing! They were in heaven. On the road trip between the rock art and granite gorge we stopped to pick up some Halloween gear...

The amount of animals here is amazing, even Mike got into feeding the wallaby's on our walk. We have seen wallaby's everywhere, 3 peacocks, millions of birds, its just awesome. We are all just happy and relaxed. Could be the combination of space, being on top of a hill made of enormous boulders and being able to see to the horizon on all sides, the abundant super cute wildlife might also help. The boys woke up this morning and ran off to climb boulders with a new friend Frankie from the next cabin. The boys had a great time playing with Fankie who is nearly 4.