Heading North from Brisbane 29-6-2022

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Tuesday 19-7-22:

Grabbed a few more pics with the sun coming from the opposite direction.

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I finally dragged myself away and drove a couple of Kms before hitting the Tully Gorge road and headed up to the National Park Campground.

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I walked over through the camping section and did the butterfly walk ... but it appears that they have all Fluttered Off.

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After getting to the end of the walk i turned around and walked back through it looking for any signs ......... :mrgreen:

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I drove up into the Tully Gorge firstly stopping at Koolmoon Falls.
There was some Swift Water training going on but no one was around.

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Next stop was Cardstone Weir, a natural formation. it has a root wrapped rock and a lookout platform.

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Further up the road was Ponytail Falls, set up for Bus groups with some short walks below and above the falls.

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The end of the road was at the Kareeya Hydro Power Station at the bottom of the tunnels.

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One of the turbine wheels.

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The cable way to get the canoes down to the river.

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No access to the water outlet

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