Ormiston Gorge

Having lodged at a house called 'Ormiston' while in Mudgee we felt obligated to visit Ormiston Gorge. It is reported to be the most spectacular gorge in the Western MacDonnells, and is a part of the Larapinta Trail

We have been doing bite sized chunks of this 223 km trail for the last few days. The Gorge has a near permanent waterhole, red river gums, and blood red walls rising to 300m. It was a 7km circular walk up to the top of the ridge and then down the gorge, but the weather was perfect with a cooling wind and not overwhelmingly hot.









You can run out of superlatives very easily trying to describe the landsape, it was a stunning walk.



Ness ended the walk with a swim.