Wollomombi!!!

July 4, 2010

Today we went to Point Lookout and Wollomombi Falls... Breathtaking is one way to describe it, although that wouldn't get it done! The pictures we took here are worth more than a thousand words! We headed out this afternoon, after saying bye to all of our new-found friends from Murdoch and other Universities that attended the competition, which seemed like the hardest thing all week!

We spent the afternoon walking through trails and looking out across the land finding the odd plant and animal (including an echidna that was burying itself next to a tree). After seeing the waterfall, canyon, and the dog fence (constructed to help contain wild dogs and dingos) we headed back to UNE for our last night at Duval. That's when we truly felt like a bit of the trip was gone since Big, Medium, and Little  Pete as well as the rest of the Murdoch crew were already most of the way home. Either way, it gave us a chance to get some laundry and long-needed rest.

Catch you 'round like a rissole'

Brogan

Happy 4th! Today we had a relaxing day compared to the last week. We started off by getting very little sleep and then it was off to say goodbye to Murdoch. The exciting part of the day was when we drove east of Armidale to look at a canyon. This place was crazy! It looked like someone took an ice cream scoop and took a scoop out of the ground. We were at one of the highest places in Australia, and the canyon dropped a third of the way to sea level. It also had a waterfall that was really tall, but I could only imagine what it would be like during the rainy season. We then walked around and found other vantage points to look at the canyon. Someone found an echidna (porcupine looking thing). It was walking around but when it say us it dug into the ground. In all the canyon was a neat stop on our journey and I look forward to what's ahead.

Chris