Day 80 - Cobbold Gorge

Cobbold Gorge

Day 80 - Friday - 7/8/2026

Today we packed up the van and then went on a tour to Cobbold Gorge. Our group instructor Pete took us on the bus where he told us some of the history around Cobbold Gorge. James Clark and his wife Amelia Trigger owned a hotel about 25km away from the current station and in 1901 they took up Robinhood Station. In 1929 James Clark died leaving the station to his eldest son Edward Clark and when Eddie retired the station was handed over to his son Teddie. That's when the Clarks met the Terrys. Cob Terry wanted to buy the station and Teddie Clark was interested in selling it, when the first offer was made by Cob it was accepted. They split up the land into thirds, and each person got one piece. The youngest son Simon got the so called ‘rubbish land’ because it had some large amount of sandstone that the cattle wouldn’t walk on. His land also had a permanent waterhole that nobody knew what was around the side of.  One day he had his friend visit his land, but he had something that had never been there before, a small boat. They paddled up the waterhole to discover what was there and that’s when they found out about the gorge. For about 15 years it had been sitting there in his backyard without anyone knowing. Once we arrived all three busses gathered in a group for a quick talk and then we split back up again. our group got on a small boat and rode down into the narrow gorge where was saw a croc and some fish. 

Sailing through the gorge

The high sandstone walls of the gorge had consumed many years worth of water and sometimes you could see it dripping out of the rock, that's why the waterhole is permanently filled with water. Entering the narrow sections of the gorge the boat would hit the walls of the gorge, and you could reach out and touch the walls. 

The narrow gorge

Once we finished the cruise we than went on a walk up to the top of the gorge where we walked over a glass bridge. From the bridge you could see all of the gorge and some of its surroundings, as well as a freshwater crocodile chilling in the water.

Us on the glass bridge


A croc chilling!

After lunch we drove to Talaroo Hot Springs for the night.

Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM

    that looks really fun and also looks like the grand canyon

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousAugust 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM

    rest in piece my granny she got hit by a basooka

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymousAugust 19, 2026 at 4:08 PM

    dress to impress

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Day 65 - Zebedee Springs

Image
  Day 65 - Thursday - 23/7/2026 This morning we drove to Zebedee Springs and walk around in the hot water. There was a start 300m walk to the springs alongside the lush vegetation and huge cliffs. The springs weren’t two big because a bunch of rocks had fallen down into the springs blocking it off.  A small part of Zebedee Springs The crystal-clear water was super warm, and I found my spot in a rock pool where I built a dam and Me and Seb caught a tadpole. Us in Zebedee Springs The tadpole In the afternoon we went on a cruise through Chamberlain Gorge. During the cruise we saw a few Short-eared Rock-wallabies. At the end of the Cruise, we fed the fish in the water and had the Archer Fish spit at us with water when we held the food over the edge.  Feeding the fish On the way back to the car the instructor said the first person to spot a Rock-wallaby wins a bottle of champagne and I was the first person to spot one but since I can't drink champagne, I won a bottle of orange...
Read more

Day 1 - Alice Springs

Image
Hello my name is Daniel, this blog is about my Australian holiday where I will be traveling with my family (Elvia/mum, Michael/dad, Sebastian/Seb/brother), grandparents (Heather/grandma, Keith/grandpa) and cousins for half of the trip (Charlie, Emily, Mat, Suzie).  Day 1 - Wednesday - 20/5/2026 - 5AM We woke up early at 5AM grabbed our bags and hopped in our uncle's car headed for the airport. We got out of the car went into the airport, printed out our tickets and headed through the baggage check were we and our luggage were scanned for illegal items. After we were given the all clear we headed for the nearby cafe in the airport because we didn't have any breakfast and were pretty hungry. About 30 minutes later we met with our cousins and their mum who were also pretty hungry, we watched a few planes take off until it was time to head to gate 14 for our flight. They led us into the small but loud plane, and we headed off on around a 1-hour flight to Sydney though our plane wa...
Read more

Day 4 - Simpsons Gap & Standley Chasm

Image
Day 4 - Saturday - 23/5/2026 - 10AM Today we drove 30 minutes to Simpsons Gap which is a gorge through the Macdonald Ranges which is close to Alice Springs. At about ten we arrived at the gap where we were joined with a park ranger who told us some interesting facts about the area mainly describing the plants and geology. Throughout the walk through the gap, we were on the lookout for the endangered black-footed rock wallabies and near the end we spotted a few jumping around. The gorge was quite large with rugged cliff faces, huge rocks and flowing water from the huge amounts of rain. After that walk we drove another 15 minutes to a place called Standley Chasm where we had lunch at a cafe and then started the walk into the chasm. At the start of the walk, we were walking in a big valley but as we entered the huge chasm we were surrounded with sheer cliffs only about 5 metres apart. After we finished that walk, we went home and did schoolwork. Black-Footed Rock Wallaby Me & Seb sitt...
Read more