Cypress Pine Camping Area, Boonoo Boonoo NP 19-2-21:

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Cypress Pine Camping Area, Boonoo Boonoo NP 19-2-21:

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Headed down to Boonoo Boonoo for the weekend and camped with Jeff, Kemsley, Debbie and Greg ...
fires allowed, no phone service
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On the way down I passed these old relics
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Just after I crossed this unusual bridge
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Passed this old relic just before Liston
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On the side of the road is this ... umm "Arty display"?
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I finally arrived and set up camp beside Jeff ... OK, I Parked and opened the doors :mrgreen:
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I had a bit of a wander around camp and spotted this colourful spider
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Facilities are pretty new after the bushfires
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firewood is supplied
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Headed down to the water for a look and spotted this well camouflaged spider
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flora
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fungi
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Platypus Hole ... didn't see any
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tree is tough
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Kelmsley arrived friday evening, Debbie and Greg arrived on Saturday
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A Spotted Quoll wandered through camp just after dark both nights
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On Sunday we drove out to look at Boonoo Boonoo Falls.

top of falls
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bottom of falls
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The others headed off but I dropped in to Morgans Gully for a look
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It drops into the river over a small waterfall
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I left the park and dropped in to Undercliffe Falls to check out the camping options
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I then dropped in to Lynches Creek to check for camping finding it is now a fruit bat colony so i headed out the Lions road to see if it was open but took the side road through the creek run
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Then headed for home

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