3I May - 3 June Cania Gorge Caravan Park – a story of water, fire and feathers

Getting to Cania Gorge

 

The road to Cania Gorge was an easy drive on the Bruce highway until we followed the GPS to Kalpow road, as we turned the corner the first thing we spotted was a sign stating 'gravel road not suitable for caravans'. While we stopped in the middle of this quiet road (with Tracey looking at other route options, a further four hour trip) a man stopped and asked us if the sign scaring us, he then stated that had had taken bigger caravans down the road and as long as it had not rained (which it had not recently) it would be ok. So down the road we headed slowly……

Bumps, bumps and more bumps, 90km’s of bumps at 25km per hour through what turned out to be state park.  It was so bumpy that I envisaged the 4wd & caravan to be like in cartoons and just simply fall apart around us, some sections required 4wd lock in low range (great with 2.5 tonne behind you). On more than one occasion we crested hills and both Tracey and I took a deep breath before slowly moving down. In the end when we arrived I mentioned it to the caravan park staff and their response…….. do not rely on your GPS out here.  Written by David

Cania Gorge

For us Cania Gorge was all about the gorge and its lovely walks as well as the caravan park.  We decided to stay at the Big 4 and for us it was a great decision.  This caravan park was a story of watery fun, campfire delight and beautiful birds.  

Watery fun:       Firstly, like so many of the Big 4s it had an awesome water park, with the main attraction being this super slide.  Our boys tried out the water park on the first day but it was a tad chilly (even in wet suits).  But not chilly enough to stop them going back again and again and again to slide every day.

Campfire delight:            This caravan park is spacious, and had large grassy shady sites, but the coolest part is that every site has its own campfire.  As we were no longer on the coast the evening temperatures were decidedly nippy.  For our second night we ordered a load of firewood which was delivered to our site chopped.  There was enough for us to have a fire each night for the next 3 nights.  The boys loved it – especially the marshmallow roasting.

 Perfect for the supersized American marshmallows we had carried all the way from Costco in Canberra

Feathery fun:    This is also a super friendly park.  They do a range of things for customers including movie nights, camp oven dinners, Friday fish and chips and fresh baked damper morning teas on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  But by far the most impressive thing is the afternoon bird feeding which everyone can do.  This is something that has gone on for quite some time so that there might be just a few birds turning up.  Whilst hesitant at first the boys soon got into the swing of it and thoroughly enjoyed it.

 

This cheeky bird skipped the feeding and came straight to our table every morning trying to grab our brekkie.

Finally – on our way to Monto (a nearby town with shops we went to, to top up our supplies for Carnavon Gorge) we found a knight.  Yep and honest to goodness knight in shining armour located at something called Moonford Hall – so we of course named him Sir Moonford. 

 Sir Moonford and his squires