Today we went on a day tour to Carisbrooke sheep and cattle station and the Lark Quarry dinosaur trackways. Our guide for the day was Charlie, the owner of Carisbrooke Station. He picked us up at 8am this morning and drove us about 120kms out to Carisbrooke. I would have to say today has been a real highlight.
Charlie took us onto his private property. He drove us up to a gorge with the most breathtaking views of the valley below and the rugged red mountains of the gorge. He showed us the rugged mountains called the three sisters, Mary, Maude and Kate.
We stopped at the old opal mine and while Charlie made a pot of billy tea we all fossicked for opals. I found three rocks that have some opal in them. I was quite excited with my find.
We drove all around the gorge, taking in the many viewpoints and at some spots climbed down the very steep and rough pathways deeper into the gorge.
Charlie knows every inch of the property He was born in Winton nearly 80 years ago and has owned Carisbrooke since the early 1960’s. He took us to all the best viewpoints. We had a picnic lunch at a lovely spot overlooking the three sisters. We saw the old homestead of Old Cork Station which is now abandoned dilapidated ruin.
Our next stop was Lark Quarry which is home to the dinosaur trackway where we saw the footprints of hundreds of dinosaurs running away from a much bigger dinosaur and dates back to one hundred million years ago. The footprints, fossils and dinosaur bones were discovered in the 1960’s and is still being uncovered.
Then Charlie drove us back to Carisbrooke and down to the grazing low lands where their sheep and cattle are. We then had afternoon tea and he drove us back into Winton.
We arrived back in town just in time to join in with the caravaners for a campfire roast dinner and listen to the bush poet who happened to be a former Canberra girl who was the boss of the Public Service Union for about 15 years and now travels the country in her motorhome performing her bush poetry/comedy routine at caravan parks around the country. She was very good. It was a good evening.
Charlie took us onto his private property. He drove us up to a gorge with the most breathtaking views of the valley below and the rugged red mountains of the gorge. He showed us the rugged mountains called the three sisters, Mary, Maude and Kate.
We stopped at the old opal mine and while Charlie made a pot of billy tea we all fossicked for opals. I found three rocks that have some opal in them. I was quite excited with my find.
We drove all around the gorge, taking in the many viewpoints and at some spots climbed down the very steep and rough pathways deeper into the gorge.
Charlie knows every inch of the property He was born in Winton nearly 80 years ago and has owned Carisbrooke since the early 1960’s. He took us to all the best viewpoints. We had a picnic lunch at a lovely spot overlooking the three sisters. We saw the old homestead of Old Cork Station which is now abandoned dilapidated ruin.
Our next stop was Lark Quarry which is home to the dinosaur trackway where we saw the footprints of hundreds of dinosaurs running away from a much bigger dinosaur and dates back to one hundred million years ago. The footprints, fossils and dinosaur bones were discovered in the 1960’s and is still being uncovered.
Then Charlie drove us back to Carisbrooke and down to the grazing low lands where their sheep and cattle are. We then had afternoon tea and he drove us back into Winton.
We arrived back in town just in time to join in with the caravaners for a campfire roast dinner and listen to the bush poet who happened to be a former Canberra girl who was the boss of the Public Service Union for about 15 years and now travels the country in her motorhome performing her bush poetry/comedy routine at caravan parks around the country. She was very good. It was a good evening.
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