Granite Gorge

 23 - 25 April 2025

Back on the road after three weeks house sitting we were keen to head to the coast, but the weather was against us once more, with lots of rain forecast for the next day, so we made up our minds to have a night at Granite Gorge. West of Mareeba, it's in dry country so doesn't get the sort of rainfall seen on the coast or other parts of the Tablelands. 

Driving towards the nature park we noticed that the area was condiserably greener than usual. We checked in and selected a spot before settling in for an afternoon of reorganising things in the camper trailer. We went for a walk in the late afternoon to see the Mareeba Rock Wallabies that make the gorge their home. The population looked a little healthier than the last time we visited, and there were a number of young ones hopping about.

Bags of wallaby food
are available to purchase,
making them quite friendly

The following morning we checked the weather forecast and saw that there was more rain on the coast so decided to delay our departure by one day. The caravan park wasn't busy so there was no problem to extend. Later in the day we drove in to Mareeba to pick up a few things and also to cast our Interstate Absentee votes in the Federal election. Back at camp and we finished our reorganising and again went for a walk in the gorge. 

We needed to set off the following morning as we had a booking at Daintree Village, so we were glad to see the forecast for the next few days was for clear skies. We left Granite Gorge and headed towards Mount Molloy, and then down to the coast.