The walk in didn't give us a hint of what we were about to see , the trees and foliage were very thick. About 50m from the end of the track we got a glimpse of the rocks towering 40m above us - awesome !! We got to the viewing area and just stopped and looked , towering columns of rock , looking like they'd been precision cut , quite a sight to behold , very like a giant set of organ pipes !!
The remnants of all the pieces that have broken and fallen lie in the creek bed below . These columns range in size , but are all around 300 - 500mm round . This is the creek bed & some of the blocks , Lyn's there as well !!
The columns of rock have some cracks which trees grow into and their root system grows and pushes the rocks outward till they fall .
The floor of the creek bed is like stencilled concrete , with patterns of the columns seemingly stencilled into the rock , apparently the columns go underground approx 60m !!
On our way out we spotted a colourful little bird ( you like the technical name hahaha) who decided to pose for the camera .
We drove up Killarney Gap for a look , then headed out to Waa Gorge ( pronounced War ) , it was about 35klm along a good gravel road , then another 5klms through properties to the northern edge of Mt Kaputar NP . Mt Waa is on the eastern side of the road just before the gorge - we were impressed to see that it too was made up of a lot of columns of rock !!
We drove into the parking area and had some lunch before going for a hike to Mill-bullah waterholes , and then to the gorge itself . The waterholes are impressive , deep round holes in the rock about 5m across , ground out by the grinding action of the rocks & gravel being washed down during rain events . We were distracted by them and missed the track to the gorge , but in true pioneer spirit , made our own track over the top of the hill and up the creek bed till we found the track again ! Here's one of the water holes , there was another below this one as well .
There are some plants out in flower , one extremely tiny .
Golden Orb spiders call this area home as well , I stopped millimetres away from walking through one web - they are like fishing line and stretched between branches & shrubs , not to mention having the owner of the web sitting in the middle of it - nearly the size of the palm of your hand !!
Rock hopping through the creek bed from side to side and then finding the gorge to my left through an opening in the trees . There's a rounded rock valley stretching up into the cliffs towering above - up to 70m !!
This is the view from near the top looking down back to the opening in the trees .
Grasses & trees cling to life in a very thin layer of soil .
The white patches on the rocks is where water is seeping out / or has been previously .
With that we headed back , and found the appropriate track to save blazing another trail over the hill back to the waterholes .
An eventful drive back to the bitumen , with several kangaroos trying their hardest to get in our way , and then get out of our way , one of which did a mid air twist right beside our passenger side window - Lyn got a birdseye's view of it's paws & legs as she looked out the window !!
Nothing else dramatic happened - that was probably enough for Lyn for one day !!
Here's a map link : - https://drive.google.com/open?id=16_-RO7wprw8XZd457ieiCFgo7R8&usp=sharing
Another nice sunset to finish the day off .
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