Porcupine Gorge NP

Porcupine Gorge National Park with its cool, clear, flowing creek, towering cliffs of vibrantly coloured sandstone and comparatively dense vegetation provides a striking contrast to the sparsely wooded, dry, flat plains which surround it. This impressive canyon reveals strata of sedimentary rocks spanning hundreds of millions of years of geological history.

Permanent deep pools, each with its resident tortoises, are lined with casuarinas (sheoaks) and melaleucas (paperbarks) while a variety of eucalypts and acacias grow from precarious positions on the cliffs above. Midday in the gorge is usually a time of harsh light, contrasting shadows and an eerie quiet, but as the sun's rays set the rocks aglow with their afternoon colours, the gorge reverberates with the calls of currawongs, parrots and the occasional soaring bird of prey.