El Questro Station - Day 71, 18/06/2016

Anna cooked up a hearty breakfast of omelettes before we departed on today's walk which was Amalia Gorge. We had been told by some other travelers that they had tried to complete the walk but couldn't due to some very narrow and tricky sections that require climbing on very small ledges over water. We decided to give it a go and we were glad that we did, all if the girls tackled the tricky sections and got through no problem and we were rewarded by having the swimming hole all to ourselves.

We returned to camp just after lunch time and chilled out in the shade as it was another very hot day, later in the afternoon we got the fire going as we were doing a roast beef and vegies in the camp oven for dinner. After a delicious dinner the kids were sent off to bed and Anna and I enjoyed a few glasses of red around the fire before retiring ourselves.

Distance Traveled = 36 km
Total distance traveled with camper = 31,085, km 
Total number of nights in the camper = 202


















































































































































































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