Mitchell Falls to Drysdale (Rock Art behind Little Merten’s Falls)

Packed up the tents then walked down to Little Merten’s Waterfall to look at the rock art behind the waterfall.  We were surprised at how much space there was behind the waterfall and at how dry it was.

Behind Little Mertens Falls

The paintings were easy to see and some of them looked as though they had been painted only a few years ago – amazing to think that some of the pictures are over 30,000 years old:

Little Mertens Rock Art

We had a swim then headed back to the car for the drive back to Drysdale Station.  After only a few kilometres we saw a Dingo cross the road ahead of us, it didn’t seem too bothered as we drove towards it and it stayed close enough for us to get a good look.

Arrived at Drysdale at 1:30PM (total drive time from Mitchell Falls was 4 hours) just in time for a Kimberly Burger and a cold beer – excellent!

We spent the afternoon preparing for tomorrow’s 236 kilometre journey to Home Valley Station.  Later on Oliver and Emily played Quiditch (Drysdale Rules).

Hot showers then back to the cafe for dinner, a lovely finish to a brilliant couple of days.

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