Travel Blog Photos from Eungella National Park (32)
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![]() | Eungella National Park, Australia |
... it is the birth places of one of my traveling heroes. Our reason for coming here though was to head out to Eungella National Park (Sophie's Mishap of Choice: sitting in bird shit) in search of the elusive platypus. We were the only ones camping there, ...
Eungella National Park Home to the illusive Duck Billed Platupus. Unfortunatley, after going about 60kms out of our way to see them, they stayed as illusive as ever! On then for a fiercely long journey down to Rockhampton - one we would never forget!
... . You might hear the chirruping of birds in the trees or perhaps see a beetle. It's not quite the same in Australia. We went to Eungella with one purpose: A platypus mission. The last time Alasdair went to Australia he failed miserably to see these weird ...
... onto the dirt track, hoping not to invalidate our lack of insurance by driving on bumpy roads. Apparently Broken River at Eungella National Park is one of the best places to view platypus but I didn't have my hopes up cos they're notoriously shy. So ...
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Destination Name Game
Posted on Jun 7, 2008, 23:16:38
... around Mackay.In the local Aboriginal language, Eungella means "land where cloud lies over the mountain" and the prevailing conditions have allowed the striking rainforest to flourish. Fortunately it is now protected by Eungella National Park.
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