Moss Garden Carnarvon Park, Queensland, Australia
By fourpathfinders on 15-Jul-13. Waypoint GC4GCH9

We continued today our tour of Queensland and thereby searched, found and logged this interesting Earth-Cache, part of the Carnarvon National Park.The weather was - said in one word simply best. The good hidden caches and the being on holidays kept us the whole day in a good mood. The cache had good coordinates, and thus was easy to find. The answers were sent.Thanks to fourpathfinders for the generation of this nice cache Moss Garden (with the proper agenda), for leading us here and for showing us this funny location as well as the ongoing maintenance of this cache.PS: Please forgive us the uniform log which is needed due to timing problems - if necessary special actions and happenings are there described where they happened.Greetings from Germany together with the hope to meet somewhere like event or wood. TFTC says H_M_A @ 3. November 2024 @ 10:53 o'clock @ [#22876](https://coord.info/GC4GCH9)

The temperature dropped significantly as we entered which was very much appreciated as it was a hot days hiking. Another great part of this amazing gorge. Thanks for bringing us here

I spent 4 nights in the van park and visited a few EC,s while doing the walks, this was an amazing location and well worth the walk in, answers collected and sent to the CO, photo attached.A Fave point from me for the location.Thanks for bringing me here and TFTC

What a cool oasis during a hot day. But why the stairs the waterfall and the sound of trickling water was very relaxing

An amazing place so peaceful and beautiful. TFTC with Slack1962

With FiveTays-TT TFTC Beautiful place.

Wow, magnificent spot. From NSW South Coast to Cape York trip.

Visited the gorge! Marking this as a note, I will answer questions and send thru and convert to found at a later date.

What a great spot. We did 18.2kms round trip today.

I love squeezing every last second out of public holidays which usually combine with RDO's at work. So, with a 4 day long weekend in the offing, a few weeks ago I reviewed my adventure wish list and decided that a solo hike of Carnarvon Gorge and specifically Battleship Spur would fit the bill.Viko Cz subsequently messaged me to say he was back in Australia for business for a few weeks and had some weekends free for a geocaching adventure, and was also keen to visit Carnarvon.On Anzac Day, we travelled from Roma to Carnarvon and hiked out to Big Bend, visiting as many of the side attractions as we had time for including Boolimba Bluff. Yesterday, we climbed Battleship Spur in the morning and then spent a lazy afternoon enjoying the gorge at Big Bend. We got an early start this morning and refreshed with a good nights sleep, some breakfast and lighter packs, we made very good time back down the gorge. On the hike out, we had not visited Wards Canyon as it was closed, or the Moss Garden, as we were short of time and wanted to arrive at Big bend in daylight. On our return journey, we made the effort to stop here adn were very glad we did. What a magical place. Answers sent. TFTEC fourpathfinders.Pete#7,863

#5717 [08:52] another of wow places here, visited during our way back on the day three of our hike with crookedpete. so beautiful, like from some other world thanks for bringing us here and giving some of geology background. i really enjoyed it!answers sent 30.4.2024.

We spent the day in the beautiful gorge, walking up to the top of the Boolimba lookout and into the Art gallery, all the smaller side trips and returned to the car park. Awesome sunny day and magnificent views of the sandstone area. Answers sent to CO. TFTC

What an amazing place. Loved the area with miss and ferns etc. Answers have been sent so now logging. A fav point from me

We certainly needed the cooling environment after the climb up. This is the last of our walks in the gorge and as with all the sights well worth the walk to see them. Answers sent to CO. Tftec

Found with Shumba7 on our quest for warmer weather and a barramundi. TFTC

TFTC found with Algae hiking the Carnavon Gorge, what a spectacular place. We set out early and did 16km. Tomorrow we going to watch the sunrise at Boolinda

Pretty cool area carnavon gorge is. Finish the whole track and offshoots aswell all up 28km

We’re finding it quite special that this is our fourth location coming backwards and each one is special and different and this one is totally as good as the rest,just loved it so,TFTC

A very lovely stroll in to this beautiful area, definitely a fav point for the great location
The pic is from just back before the end of the track where we stopped for a snack before our return journey

TFTC and greetings from Tassie

The Carnarvon Gorge is surely outstanding, something unique. Amazing landsscape, beautiful nature and some relicts of ancient Aborigines culture. We enjoyed our hiking tour via Moss Garden, the Amphitheatre, Wards Canyon, the Art Gallery, and Cathedral Cave. We not did any of the Earthcache there because of the effort in answering all question of these caches. We're on a road trip and in between there' should be at least some moments to perceive a feeling a vacation. You surely know what we mean. Nevertheless, we did 3 off the Earthcaches there and the traditional, Takarakka Look Out on sunset. Amazing day, we say thanks you for setting up all these Eartcaches and as always TFTC, MumDad2000

PS: Fav. Point allocated.

I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging. I recognise their connection to Country and their role in caring for and maintaining Country over thousands of years. May their strength and wisdom continue.

Without question one of my highlights… I feel like I’m going to run out of adjectives… I’m so happy I got invited to join this awesome group and share this experience… Bucket list

Thanks fourpathfinders

Our answers were submitted by Davinells as the groups offical recorder of all thing’s important…

An overnight group hike with Peppa, Beardman75, karicka and Davidwazza to big bend to take in all the sights of Carnarvon gorge.

After coming down off Boolimba bluff we continued on to the Moss Garden. What a beautiful and unique location, you just can’t beat a waterfall.

Thanks for highlighting this area fourpathfinders

Once again, Davinells, Karicka, Peppa, Davidwazza and I hid our heavy packs in the bush and headed in for a little detour to this beautiful spot. We would've enjoyed the serenity here if not for the screaming kids but it was a beautiful area. Our answers have been sent by Davinells. Thanks fourpathfinders for the earthcache

On a walk towards Big Bend today.
Doing all the side trips including Mickey creek and Boolomba Bluff had us at 25km for the day.
Left the heavy packs and went in to explore this gem.
Could have spent an hour just listening to the water here.

Answers sent to Davinells for all 5 of us.

Find number 29582 for me.
Thank you fourpathfinders for hiding this geocache.

A trip to Perth checking out some of the awesome places along the way in ACT, NSW, Qld and NT. Grabbing some old caches and missing LGAs. TFTC.
Finally doing Carnarvon Gorge. It's a great trek with lots of interesting places and many Earth caches. Awesome.

The tracks are open so we are going for a walk. Most crossings were wet. On the way up we were taking our shoes off but on our return it was straight through them. It was a great days walk and we are so glad the tracks opened today and we decided to stay an additional night after the road was passable after the flooding.
This was different to what I was expecting but very lovely. Great place to relax and unwind. We couldn't stay too long as it were heading out of the carnarvon gorge today.
Thanks for putting this earth cache together

#664
On a road trip through Central Queensland. Hiking through the Gorge for a few days. Lovely waterfall at GZ! TFTC!

TFTC! 24 September 2022 4:06:43 pm 3409
Thanks for these great earthcaches. Found as the last on the Main track today on the way back from the Big Bend! Feet are now getting a bit tired as close to 28km today!

Loved this quiet spot. Didn’t spend as much time here as it was getting late and wanted to get a dip in the rock pools before dark! Messaged CO

This is a truly spectacular spot, a magical green oasis. We enjoyed finding out about the phenomenon that causes the oasis. Thanks for placing this EC for us to find.
We found this EC on our first day at Carnarvon Gorge, along with The Amphitheatre.

We are on a 2 month trip from Portland via the Mundi Mundi Bash to a wedding in Brisbane and then out west for QOGM in Charleville.
We are camped in Carnarvon Gorge for a couple of days - a spot everyone says we have to visit. Mr Morris headed off for the day to visit the gorge and many of the side trips - all in all a pretty spectacular but tiring day. All up he walked 22.11kms for the day.
Answers will be on their way shortly.
Thanks for contributing to the fun fourpathfinders

A beautiful peaceful place. We were lucky to have it to ourselves for a bit

Photo is attached. Thanks for the earthcache at this beautiful spot. It should be an additional county to add to the list. I will not forget the Moss Garden in the future.

Amazing place. With the weird afternoon light the ferns and moss appeared somewhere between green and golden. Very tranquil as only us around too.

Visited on the second day of our 4-day trip to the Gorge. Beautiful spot. Answers sent to CO. TFTC!

Found with goldielover. We are heading to big bend to camp a couple of nights and enjoy this great place.

Moss garden must be a favourite place in the gorge. what a lovely place.

What an amazing place and so green. Truly an oasis. Thanks for the information and for placing earthcaches in CG.

We loved Carnarvon Gorge, the hike and camping nearby. Starting out at 6 in the morning, we visited Moss Garden on our way back to camp just as the day was heating up. It was so cool and peaceful in the garden. Thanks for another great Earthcache. Answers have been sent.

Moss Gardens were certainly a highlight for us. this was our last Geocaching stock on the day, and our last detour off the main track.
We thought GZ was spectacular, cooling and very peaceful.
Who could imagine that sandstone would provide such a sponge for so many plants to grow. We just sat in awe for a long time watching the tiny drips falling while not too far away a waterfall also continued it’s own journey.
This was certainly something out of the ordinary and very unexpected for us. As we arrived at GZ, it almost looked like someone had manicured this garden. But of course it was just nature at its absolute best.
Answers for this earth cache sent to CO.
A FP here for sure!
Thanks fourpathfinders
Domsky

TFTC

Finally catching up with my logging!*

An epic 3 week roadtrip up to Longreach/Winton and back to Brissy. ️️

We finally made it to Winton and now were on the homerun back to Brisbane! We arrived at the Takarakka Accomadation to spend the next few days exploring Carnarvon Gorge. What a beautiful part of the world this place is!
How amazing is this spiritual place. This place is sooooo magical!
TFTC!

First stop. Last place to visit.
Have talked kungfuchickendingo into revisit here - the Gorge - again.

Still sore after 35km hike the day before.

Packed up camp, tent went up top on the roof rack, as it was damp from morning dew.
Cheeky apostle birds, also known as happy family visit our camp.
Saw a sugar glider last night too

Easy walk this one, thankfully.
Met some old folks here, answer the questions - await response.
Took a slow motion video of water drip over the fern. Turned out pretty cool.

Tftc

Recently returned from a Queensland outback adventure which included a trip to the amazing Carnarvan Gorge and now catching up on all my logging.
This was a refreshing magical place to visit with the lovely flowing waterfall which was nice to see after our groups early morning walk to Boolimba Bluff Lookout.

Answers have been emailed to CO.

TFTEarthcache fourpathfinders

Insane how much water is in those rocks

This was a great added extra after a sunrise walk with ESmiley, snickersallen and Caro. A great wander into this one from the main path. Answers sent to CO. TFTC and bring me here fourpathfinders

Wonderful time with the Carnavon Crew (Car∅, Snickersallan and Kestal).

After climbing the bluff at the crack of dawn, we trekked to see the Moss Garden. Great company made the walk very enjoyable, we didn't notice the distance with lots of jokes, stories and matchmaking

Thanks for the earthcache and taking us here fourpathfinders.

Answers sent.

One of 4 locations we visited. The end of a great day in the area.

Our last stop at the end of a long days' hiking. So pleasant to sit in the cool of this gorge and enjoy the sounds of flowing water.

Answers sent.

Thanks for find #2178
TNLN

TFTC! Logging this for 01/09/21 now that we are back in reception ... Our day with a 4 year old where he walked 16km! This was the first of our stops. Carnarvon still is one of our favourite national parks.

What a beautiful place, second time I have done this walk and would do it again. Tftc

Tear to see. Beautiful spot, and thanks to geocaching I would not have noticed the way the water comes out between the two rocks.

Answer sent separately

What a beautiful spot! Had an easier day today walking to The Amphitheater and Moss Garden after our long day yesterday getting to the Carnarvon Caves. All worth the effort.
TFTC

Beautiful cool spot to sit. TFTC

Answers sent to CO.

Our last stop on this walk. The stairs on this one are a killer, especially when feeling exhausted after making our way up to Big Bend and back.
It is definitely worth the pain thought. Such a peaceful and serene place to sit and rest for awhile. I could certainly have something like this in my backyard.

Another favourite point from me.

What a beautiful area! Back to the gorge with MrGravel for a few days of nature and peace. Lovely and cold right now and the Moss Garden has plenty of water so the waterfall sounds wonderful
Answers and photos have been sent.
Will be back to the gorge again for a third time
TFTE

Having an easy day today as our plan was to go to the Amphitheatre and Moss Garden. This is certainly a beautiful spot. We enjoyed finding the interesting answers, a nice easy Earthcache which doesn't involve reading too much, just perfect.
TFTEC

Thank you for showing us this interesting spot.
There is really a lot of water coming out of the wall.
TFTC

I've been here together with Jebjeb.
TFTC

Such a pretty spot, almost magical! Answers sent to CO.

So beautiful here. TFTC

My husband and I spent 2 days at Takaraka camp site thankfully in air conditioned cabin as it reached 40 degrees on both days . The first day we went to carnarvon cliffs, Takaraka lookout and A matter of time and the second day we walked to cathedral cave and did all the off shoots bar bulimba bluff. We left at 5.30 and after 22 km and just over 7 hours we made it back to the car exhausted and hot but very happy. This was our first stop and such a lovely spit and nice and cool here. We took a seat and admired the view. Thanks for taking us here and for placing here and for placing this cache here for us to enjoy

What a pretty place, and so cool on a stinking day.

A great place to visit. Staying at Takarraka. Nice one.

Regarding Moss Garden (GC4GCH9):

We spent a couple of nights at takkarakka at the end of our road trip so that we could do Carnarvon Gorge. What a grand finale!! It really is spectacular! In one day our family did the four main sites, covering 14km over 7hours, so we fully stopped to enjoy each point of interest. This was our first and it didn’t disappoint. The coolness certainly helped to refresh us too. Really interesting when you take the time to observe and appreciate nature. Thanks for putting this earthcache here

Beautiful

Day 3 of of a Queensland road trip with EatSleepCacheRepeat and JACS Team. This day was all about walking the main track in Carnarvon Gorge. I had done this previously, but the weather at that time was bad, and the river quite flooded. Entirely different experience today. We walked to Big Bend, then came back to the camping area doing all the offshoots. The bits I had seen before were just as amazing as last time, and the new area (Wards Canyon) impressed me even more. Such range of unique areas to enjoy. Favourite points all around. TFTC!

We drove here from Brisbane and were lucky enough to get a camping spot in the national park where our walks turned into laughing about our sore muscles over our camp cooked dinner, and then quiet nights turned into waking up to the sounds of the birds in the morning We spent three days exploring the trails (even the ones without geocaches ) I’m generally not a huge fan of the heavy touristy tracks, but this one is a must-do. Everything we saw, I loved. Especially the Aboriginal Art. Added extras on the hike were some wildlife spotting! We saw wallabies, a sugar glider, platypus, and an echidna as well as some amazing bird varieties
On Day 1 we did Boolimba Bluff lookout then set up our camp site Within our 3 days, our biggest walk was 30km on Day 2 where we made our way to the Big Bend, then did ALL the offshoots on the way back. The 20ish rock crossings were lots of fun, I couldn’t help kick off the hiking books and do two crossing bare foot on day 3 ️ which is where we did The Mickey Creek, rock pools, and cliffs
This weekend I also collected my 5000th geocache which I was pretty excited about! sharing the adventure with friends made it all the more enjoyable!
Now with tents packed we are off to find our next camp site! TFTECs

Last Earthcache for the epic journey. My legs were really feeling it here. Still we sat and took in the amazingness of the place. Such a contrast to what was a mere 30m away.

Such an incredible spot. We have been camping in a nearby spot and did the walk today. Art Gallery, Ward's Canyon, Amphitheatre and Moss Garden.
3 sensational earth caches to take us to over 300 finds.
An early start gave us each location to ourselves too!
Tftc!

A wonderful start to the hiking into Big Bend for overnight remote camping. So nice and cool in here.

What a wonderful spot. Thanks for the work you’ve put into this to make and maintain the earthcache.

I AM GUR

TFTC. Here's a shot of where the sandstone meets the shale.

Awesome place and just beautiful with the kids a great walk suggest you go early so it’s cooler

Thanks for bringing us here

This has been such an enjoyable walk.
The cathedral is awesome. A great look out our Australian history in one spot.

Sorry for the multiple spam. Just in case you only read one post.
Today we covered 26km ( 34,000 steps), 93 flight of stairs.
Walked from the visitor car park to bBig Bend ( no earth cache there).
Back to Cathedral Cave, Ward’s canyon, Art gallery, Amphitheater, and Moss Garden. We suggest the Boolimba Bluff on a seperate trip.

This is the only place at Carnarvon Gorge we've been to before. Like last time, we arrived after lunch and only had time for a short walk, that is short in terms of Carnarvon walks. Stunningly scenic and cool, just as we remember it. TFTEC fourpathfinders, fav point.

First earth cache, thanks

Very wet day but decided to brave it and see how many of the Earth Caches we could get done, TFTC first for the day.

Thanks for this cache
Carnarvon Gorge is amazing
Early start just after sunrise today

We completed this on the way to the camping ground. CDAH55 has sent the answers through. We enjoyed this.cache.

Answers have been sent to CO.

This was our first cache for today. A pleasant walk up to the waterfall. Interesting how the water seeps through rock and caused all the erosion.

Great adventure Beautiful place. Way too many stairs TFTC

Absolutely gorgeous! Well worth the effort!

Brad and Janet are on an epic trip up through central Australia and across Queensland. Carnarvon Gorge has been a target for the trip but unfortunately some ealrier issues means not as much time as we wanted was available to visit. We have to get the house on wheels into the Sunshine Coast for its service on 7 OCt. But we were able to do a day stop an a bit of exploring. Answers sent. We will be back as this place is beautiful
TFTEC fourpathfinders

Found with Jachna. TFTC.

Found with MrDeb. TFTC

We loved this walk and place, felt like a perfect hide away from the heat. TFTC!

Beautiful walk and souvenir smiley from our visit to the gorge!! We saw several echidnas today, emus, Roos, wallabies, gliders, and platypus!!

Such a lovely tranquil place to sit, take in the surroundings and marvel at Mother Nature. Answers have been sent. Thanks fourpathfinders

Awesome location.

I visited as a single man 20 years ago before the board walk etc.

Now I was back with quatro niños and una esposa bonita.

Kids struggled a bit with the lengthy walking but the miss garden was a great rest location.

Tftc

We did a wonderful walk with the Takarakka guide and saw many things and heard many stories we would not have known about had we done this on our own. This was one place we visited. I have submitted my answers to the CO and am logging the cache hoping they will be approved. It is just so cool and lush and pretty here.

Visiting Carnarvon again. Was here in 2013 and it’s just as pretty now.

Aptly named very beautiful

Absolutely loved this place! The walk in was well worth it

After a holiday in Cairns, we continued our journey in this beautiful part of the world. With another perfect day, it was a gorgeous to walk here. After taking plenty of happy snaps, we set about answering the questions. We are so glad we attempted this cache, a stunning area indeed. Thanks for bringing us here. TFTEC fourpathfinders.

Amazing early morning walk before the heat hits too much for the geokids! Loved this spot and always great to learn a little more!! TFTC love Carnarvon Gorge!!

Away on holidays and decided to revisit Carnarvon Gorge 20 years after the first visit. We were not disappointed!
A recent fire through the gorge left lots of features exposed which I dare say would’ve been hidden from view under greenery prior.
Got up early and set off at 6am for a hike up to The Art Gallery, enjoyed a rest while taking in the artwork then made our (Dad & myself) way back out of the gorge stopping at the highlights.

This was our last stop on the way out of the gorge today. It sure was starting to get real hot but we were looking forward to the Moss Garden being nice and cool. It wasn’t too bad. It after 15mins the mozzies found us so we had to retreat. Those steps nearly killed us lol. But once again worth the walk. TFTH

The family love road trips and this one was done a little while ago. We love travelling around our amazing country. This was a fair walk but well worth it with the beautiful scenery along various parts of the gorge and seeing lots of birds along the way. It really is amazing what you can find if you want to explore. A place we would definitely come back to anytime. Answers sent to the CO.

**Thanks to fourpathfinders for creating this Earth cache for us to discover and enjoy**
**A favourite from me**

Why walk 15.5 KM's, when you can do in 31km's, to get the exact same number of Earth Caches.

What I'm I talking about? The first day I walked to the end or as far as I planned to go, which was "Art Gallery".
What a wonderful track, but a major disappointment when I found I didn't have "ANY" of my Geocaching stuff with me.

Back home or rather to our cottage, I went. Sigh!!!

The following day I was up earlier and off I went again, same track.......
Saw different animals and birds this day, which is a plus...

Thanks for this Earth Cache, fourpathfinders.
Answers have been sent to CO.

RVC

Truly wondrous place. Dripping water over moss and worts .. a truly unique ecosystem

**Day 3 - International Earth Cache weekend - Carnarvon Gorge*
When Nyssaflutterby mentioned this International Earth Cache weekend some months back it was always going to happen. This place has been on my bucket list since the first time I looked down from above while flying over the area many, many moons ago.

After a 2 day road trip (including caching to get here we are finally at the gorge

So today accompanied by 1MinnieMoo, Lady membsec, mnance101, Slow Puncture,and Nyssaflutterby we made our way up to Cathedral Cave ( well the narrow gorge just past here) to seek out all of the brilliant Earthcaches in the area.

Each and every one of these caches is equally brilliant We will sleep well tonight.