Carnarvon National Park — Attraction in Mount Moffatt

Carnarvon NP has four sections to vist, the most accessable and most often visited is the Carnarvon Gorge which only has camping on school holidays but is very well serviced by several private commercial operations right at the entry to the park. These commercial sites offer a large range of camping options from glamping cabins to tent and van sites. Considering the location and facilities offered the pricing is reasonable but much higher than the usual. Carnarvon Gorge section has many walks of various lengths from short few hundred metres to 18km and then of course there is the multiple day Carnarvon Great Walk. The gorge has a sealed road in and only the last couple of kilometres to the visitor centre are gravel. It has large picnic area's and stunning scenery. Wildlife here is easy to see and photograph including Platypus because they have become acclimatised to high volumes of human visitors. Despite the large number of people if you pick the right time of year and start early it is still possible to have many of the walks to yourself. The Salvator Rosa and Mount Moffat sctions of the park are much more remote and take a lot longer to get to and offer the basic facilities of long drop toilets and limited water only. Both of these offer some stunning scenery and walks with nice bush campsites more in line with other national parks. I can not comment on the Ka Ka Mundi section because I have not...

Absolute must visit. Reminded me of northern Utah . The place was so lush and green. Lots of long walks. 10km from entrance to big bend campsite then another 5km straight up to lookout battleship spur. River water was drinkable with a filter and boiled water too for cooking. Get the water at where the steam flows well. So peaceful and not lots of people stay overnight. The regulator flow of hikers doing the big hike in and start to arrive at Big Bend by 9am until about1pm then you get the place mostly to yourself and a couple Other campers. The scenery is world class and the hikes were hard but doable with fitness. Some people that are not used to hiking in that type of environment struggled. Bring plenty of bottles for water storage and if doing the big hike up to lookout make sure to bring at least 5 liters per person for the 4-5 hour hike. Once you hike out of the canyons water is nowhere and it gets hot quickly. Lots of big Roos around too that are used to people. Wear good hiking...

Owing to the current pandemic, Takarakka and the resort were both closed, but we were able to camp very close to the National Park, through a private arrangement. The information Centre was also closed, but the toilets were still in use, and clean. There is plenty of information, as well as maps, on the permanent display boards outside the information centre. This was a return visit for us, and we loved going to our various favourite spots up the george, as well as the rock pool and the nature walk. We spent a day and a half there this time, and did not attempt to get right to the top of the george. This is a really amazing area, well worth the 80 km drive from Rolleston. There are many creek crossings on rocks in Carnarvon Creek.There are also stairs to be negotiated. The walks are not suitable for those with mobility or balance problems. However, if you have average fitness, you will enjoy this place...