On the drive home from Ormiston gorge, we found a small sign on the side of the rd – 2 mile camping area Finke River. We have not read about this sign but it looked good and actually pointed tot the beautiful river area we had seen at from a lookout earlier.
The track was rough and quickly developed into deep soft sand. We switched our trusty Pathfinder into 4WD low and carried on through the sand, arriving at the river. There was a large amount of water and rushes and birds everywhere. You can camp anywhere along the river and there are no sites or facilities, just a nice sandy river bank and lots of shady trees.
The campsite is one of the best we have seen out here. No fences, toilets, BBQ’s, bus loads of kids, etc, just camping a by a river in the bush.
There was a huge nest with a couple of kites in it. They were a bit shy and flew off across the river, a great spot for them too.
We may visit this little Gem this weekend as it is our second last free weekend before we leave central Australia and return to Queensland.
The Finke River – Looking towards Glen Helen gorge in the West Macs. Clear cold water.
One of the Kites preening
Big birds, hunting around the river.
The pair after they left there nest and flew over the other side of the river.
This little kestrel flew over to their tree as soon as the kites left.
The nest, about a metre wide, hard to tell from the photo.
The pathfinder, doing brilliantly in some deep sand, this is a harder spot by the river bank.
The mountains in the distance.
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