Granite Gorge Nature Park, Queensland, Australia

Today (December 19) we visited Granite Gorge, about 12 kilometers from Mareeba.  It's not a nature park in the sense of cages and enclosures.  It's just a privately owned acreage where you can put up a tent, drive in a camper, or rent a small cabin. 

There are cool birds to look for, and, start of the show, Rock Wallabys.  There are absolutely huge (big as a house) boulders of granite, perfect habitate for the wallabys.   Over the years they have become really used to humans so will walk right up to you and eat the wallaby food pellets right out of your hands.

It was really something to be up close and personal with them.  They have tiny little claws, beautiful long eyelashes, and hiss and shove each other around if they think someone is hogging all the attention (and food).

The terrain here was spectacular as well.  And now, I will try to post some pictures and video!