Day 20 - El Questro, 17 July 2025

 After much discussion we decided we would head out to El Questro Gorge and see how we go! It is a grade 5, 6.8 kilometre walk with lots of clambering up rock faces and waterfalls so we were a bit hesitant. But….off we went and were on the way up by 8.15am.


 The first section of the walk to Halfway Pool took us 50 minutes and was pretty easy. That’s where things got harder!









From here the reef shoes went on and up the rocks we went. It was very steep with not many foot holds and we saw one boy fall back down. With Ian’s and Shaun’s help we made it up and away we went again. 







There was lots of climbing up and over rocks and then another steep, rock climbing section - don’t look down!! After an hour we made it to the top and were very relieved to jump in and cool off. The water was lovely and the waterfall was beautiful. It was a tough hike in but again, worth it for the view at the top.





After a refreshing swim it was time to make the descent. I wasn’t looking forward to it to be honest but it wasn’t as bad going down. The final waterfall down to Halfway pool was probably the scariest. Climb down the waterfall, the boulder or jump in and swim! The girls decided to take the plunge and jump while the boys climbed down the waterfall and then came to the boulder to get our bags as we threw them down. 

It was an hour and a half coming down so we were actually quicker coming out!

We stopped on the way back (Amanda was  craving another steak sandwich!) and then went to check out another water crossing on our way back to camp.

Lunch and coffees and an afternoon of resting all our 50ish year old bodies after two days of big hikes!

We snoozed and read and enjoyed the view from our campsite.



Such a stunning spot to camp! Our fear of crocs coming up the bank has definitely eased and I think we’d all be quite excited to see one now lol.





Dinner and drinks followed by more tunes around the campfire and another game of cards.  The boys had done a stellar job of collecting firewood and ‘Larry’ brought us hours of entertainment watching him burn (or not lol!). 





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