IT was a chance discovery and one I was surprised by; while Porcupine Gorge is well-known to many four-wheeling adventurers, its Pyramid camping area is usually very busy, so for those after some solitude in this part of Far North Queensland, setting up camp at Blackbraes National Park, just 120km north of Hughenden, can be a much better option.
BUSY PORCUPINE
THE vast Porcupine Gorge itself is only 74km north of Hughenden and it runs through dry savannah country for its 27km length. Formed over 200 million years ago it has been eroded by the waters of Porcupine Creek, an important tributary of Queensland’s longest river, the Flinders. The creek is an important life-giver, providing a permanent water source for wildlife.
The Porcupine Gorge lookout offers impressive views of the sandstone and basalt cliffs both upstream and downstream, as well as the creek 120m below. You can easily see the different layers of sedimentary rocks in the gorge walls, where geologists
