Porcupine Gorge, Australia's Little Grand Canyon

Porcupine Gorge National Park is about 60km north of Hughenden on the Kennedy Developmental Road.  We'll be travelling up through here tomorrow when we leave Hughenden and wanted to see the sights without pulling the caravan.  There's been some rain over the past week or so and the ground is quite soft.  Last time we were here it was pouring with rain.

The canyon is spectacular and we can see sedimentary rocks spanning hundreds of millions of years.  Beautiful colours are visible as the basalt and sedimentary rocks have been carved away over the millennia by the Porcupine Creek.







We walked to the nearby lookouts to take some photos, but didn't venture the 1km down the steep sides to the floor of the gorge.  It wasn't the walk down they put us off, more the climb back up.




We checked out the campsites at Pyramid Campground which must be booked at the Hughenden Visitor Centre before camping.  They look great and are on our list for a future visit when it's cooler.