We recently went on a fantastic trip along the Turon River and ended up, by luck and Annette’s good tent-spotting, in a great camping spot. Just to give you some perspective on where we were, have a look at the map.

We actually drove a couple KMs past the site before we decided, upon the advice of a local on a 4×4 buggie, to turn around before we got into trouble.

The road was quite rough in places and rather washed out. So, on our return Annette spied a tent through the trees, down a very steep hill.

After a bit of further exploration on foot, we decided that our little 4×4 Mazda was up to the challenge, and over the edge we went, down to the river itself.

The scenery along the river was spectacular.

After surveying the area for a flat space …

We got our tent set up …

And established a zone of operations.

We then did some exploring along the river.

We came across a herd of feral goats, who were quite skittish and ran away before we could photograph them. We also saw a lone kangaroo bouncing along. I did not get a shot of him either, although while driving we did spy a wallaby and got a shot of him from the roadside.

We came across yet another spectacular camping spot. There is a trail to the site from where we were camping, but the river crossing seemed just a bit too difficult for our Mazda so we did not make the attempt to drive here.

The area is full of flowers and and so many NOISY birds, you can hardly hear yourself think.

After all that, it was time for refreshments, a turn in the camping chair and a good book to relax for a couple hours before cooking supper.

Our only real concern was that a wombat would come out of one of the wombat holes and run into our tent.

Apparently, they are very single minded and develop trails from their lairs to food supplies. If you happen to set your tent up on one of their trails, they will walk right into the tent.

The next day, we were up, cooked breakfast, and on the road. We were hours and hours from home.

We passed a number of old farms and a few still in operation.

There are still active sheep and cattle farms, and so we had open and close a number of gates.

On the way, there are some fantastic views of other valleys.

On a previous trip to the area, we went up on the ridge of one of the mountains in the distance in our 4×4 to find the glow worm tunnel. Very interesting! The glow worms lure flies in with their glowing wormy tail and the flies then get stuck in the sticky webs they dangle around their bodies.