Phoebe: Hey, you guys! Phoebe here from Little Grey Box. Now, Matt and I are in beautiful
Queensland, our home state and at the moment we are in Rolleston and that is
because we are going to Carnarvon Gorge today. This is somewhere I have never ever
been before even though I'm originally from
Gladstone which is only a couple of hundred kilometres from here.
Phoebe: We have arrived here at a Takarakka Bush Resort! This place is incredible
it feels like we're in the middle of nowhere but it's so dense so much beautiful scenery
all around us. We've just been checked in by the lovely
Candice oh my gosh you will never meet a nicer person she is so sweet, her
energy's just infectious. Now, she has given us a map she's told us all about
the local area. We had a million questions about being safe with hiking
and she answered all of those. She also gave us our keys!
Phoebe: So we're in one of the studios today. This is why I love glamping; out in the
wilderness but I've got all my creature comforts!
Now we're gonna unpack the car, we're gonna get all of our cold items in this
fridge here and I'm going to show you guys around a bit we might do some
swimming I think. So, we are at Rock Pool this is one of the places you can come
in Carnarvon Gorge and you can swim so there's Rock Pool One and
Rock Pool Two. You just go to the same area, it's just called Rock Pool, park your car
it's a quick walk and I think it's about 200 meters just follow the sign follow the
path you'll see the first rock pool swimming area which is quite a big
swimming spot and then you should notice a bit of a goat track looking area which
we spotted and then you just follow that path all the way along and you come here
and I really like this little spot personally they're both beautiful but
I love the sound of a trickling water it's really peaceful we're the only ones
here we've got this whole place to ourselves!
It's sunset, it's just stunning!
You guys, I'm really hungry and what's really cool in this little area you'll see
behind you in a second is that we can cook our own food. So we went to the
shops and picked up a whole bunch of stuff we drive it out here in an esky...
There's an Australian word for you! It's like a chilly-bin or a cooler! Now we're
gonna cook it up so we've got lots of local food that we picked up in Yeppoon
some great seafood and fresh produce and now we're gonna cook it up
in this camp kitchen over here it looks so cute!
Phoebe: Good morning guys we are doing our big hike today through the gorge. Now, talk to
your Park Rangers talk to people that run places like Takarakka Bush Resort
Candice was amazing with all the information she gave us you have to
listen to them and one of the things that they will tell you is to get up
early because right now it isn't hot it is a beautiful cool temperature and this
is when you want to be doing your walking. So I'm making us some lunch and
beautiful veggie salad wraps Matt's got some toast going for breakfast we are
quickly going to eat I'm gonna get this done and then we're gonna hit the trail
because we want to get as much walking done as possible before that sun comes up!
CRIKEY! What we've got here is some pretty face
Wallabies feeding in the early morning now these little beauties absolutely
love to come out at dusk and dawn this is when its coolest for them and safest
for them to be foraging. See the way she moves with her hind legs that's the raw power!
The tail to balance.
So one really cool thing as you move through the area is all the animals you
can spot! We have been spotting so many different types it's so nice you really
feel immersed in nature. So, when you're walking
keep your eyes peeled
*Sexy Nature Music*
Phoebe: Behind me you can see the King Fern, one of the largest types of fern in the
world they're absolutely beautiful they have been here for far longer than we
have and they will be around for far longer than we will be. Now these
are only found in a very select few coastal regions of Australia and in
Central Queensland you can only find them right here in Wards Canyon it's an
absolute treat to see them and such a cool part of Carnarvon Gorge,
it's very grounding!
*More Sexy Nature Music*
Now we are here at Amphitheatre and this place is just stunning. So, all of
this where I'm standing with this big open space is that used to be filled
with sandstone but water started to trickle in and over the years it wore it
down and it created this incredible cavern and you can only get in here by
slipping through this very very thin portion of rock. It's incredible but this
is a really beautiful spot just to sit and relax and it's really really
humbling to sit in a spot like this and have these huge big sandstone formations
all the way up you realize you're just in the middle of nowhere and you realize
how small you are it's so so special.
This is Moss Garden! It's such a cool, peaceful, relaxing space. Now, behind me you see all the moss all the little
water droplets kind of coming off and beading off and to me they kind of look
like crystals or something dripping off and how this works is that the sandstone
is like a sponge and it soaks up all of this waters all of this moisture and over
thousands of years the water works its way through the sands start until it
hits shale it can't pass through the shale so it heads back out and it starts
to drip down. The moss can feed off it, it's just incredible, a beautiful phenomenon.
Now over here as well we have this waterfall it is so gorgeous I wish we
could get in there for a swim unfortunately that's not allowed but
that's okay because it's giving off a lovely breeze anyway.
Such a nice spot to sit and just relax.
It is beautiful and warm this afternoon so after we finished our hike
it was really hot it was getting about 37 it was gonna be tops of
41 degrees so just to be on the safe side we got out of there nice and early
we came home and had cold showers just get our body temperature down and then
we were both pretty beat so we had a nap in our amazing room here at Taka
oh gosh yeah it was so good.
We are gonna be having a really early night tonight
because in the morning we're gonna do something really special for you guys I
hope it works out the way we plan but yeah I'm just gonna finish our dinner
and then have an early night get a really good sleep so I will see you in
the morning. *Looks awful* ohhhh I just woke up so forgive me if I'm a little bleary-eyed we're up
really early this morning because this area is a platypus conservation area. A
little waterway in front of us is home to some beautiful platypus
now Candice who works here at Takarakka Bush Resort said to us get up
early get down there and you will catch them so that's all we're doing we're
just going to sit here and enjoy the early morning cool you can see where it
was hot yes I've got a little coat on this morning it's lovely and fresh so
yeah we're just gonna sit and hopefully we see some this is the special
something I was telling you about last night!
*Platypus Appears*
Okay it's a little bit hard for you guys to see because he's down the river a
little bit maybe he'll come a little bit closer but we can say a platypus!
This is so exciting I obviously have lived in Australia all my life I'm from
here and I have never seen one this is something really really special you guys
and what's really cool about a platypus is they're one of only two mammals that
lay eggs! Now Matt now were working while we were here so we couldn't take advantage of
all the best viewing times if you come here for a holiday you can and I've no
doubt you'll spot them! Now, walking back up from the Platypus spot this is the
perfect opportunity to show you and explain the difference between these
beauties oh my gosh so in the background there you will see the Roos they are
gray Roos they're beautiful and in front of me we've got a wallaby I'm fairly
certain that's a pretty face wallaby they're my favourite. It is breakfast time
and this one I'm making us a nice healthy breakfast. Before we left Yeppoon we
picked up some local supplies like I said and brought them out here
and included in them was this amazing local granola if you could smell this
it's like roasted nuts just maybe a little bit of cinnamon in there it
smells incredible we also get some local bush honey from
the Capricorn region. I am a fruit bat I can and will eat huge amounts of fruit
Matthew not so much you're gonna notice a big difference in these two bowls.
Matt and I travel a lot and when we go to other places it's so easy to step
outside somewhere you've never been before and marvel at its beauty and
marvel at its wonder but we get so used to seeing the world around us back at
home that we take it for granted sometimes and coming out here to Takarakka
Bush Resort and Carnarvon Gorge is just a fantastic reminder to be present and to
take a step back and go wow okay my home is really really beautiful I
mean we were driving the other day and you know we drive through this little
valley kind of area and there's this beautiful Creek and there was a kangaroo and
then a cockatoo flew in and sat on the tree and it was just picture-perfect
and it made us both kind of pause and go wow if we were visiting from another
country and we came here and saw this we would be blown away so it's important to
always see your own country through the eyes of someone who's never seen it
before and it's made us extremely grateful. I hope you've enjoyed this
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Love you! Phoebe & Matt x