Before Team Turtle set sail on their current adventures, The Captain and The Deckie celebrated their birthdays. Not just any birthdays, but reasonably special ones - we both had a zero on the end of the numbers. As birthday presents from The Deckie's eldest daughter, Kylie and her family - Gavin, Jacob and Ebony - we received "gift vouchers" to do something special on our trip.
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| The Falconer Family |
So many choices, but we wanted to do something that neither of us had done before and so...
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| Our Ride For The Morning |
We took a helicopter ride over Carnarvon Gorge!!
Once more, the day was absolutely brilliant without any breeze at all and the pilot and ground crew were cute as well.
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| Pilot and Ground Crew |
The Deckie got to ride shotgun and after a few safety instructions we were off. We didn't fly over Carnarvon Gorge itself but another Gorge that nobody else goes into unless they walk for a week or abseil.
The pilot, Shane, gave a great commentary but The Deckie was too busy trying to admire the view and take photos. The escarpment of these gorges from ground level is something to be admired but when you see them from above it leaves a person speechless.
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| The Escarpment |
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| The Twins |
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| Looking Down The Valley |
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| The River's Course Through The Plateau |
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| The Three Sisters |
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| A Farmhouse In The Valley |
In a matter of moments, we were back on Terra Firma much to the chagrin of both The Captain and The Deckie. Wow, could we have done that again - in a heartbeat!!
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| The Rest Of Team Turtle Awaiting Our Safe Return |
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| Back Safe and Sound |
After that complete buzz, we then had to head back towards some sort of civilisation. Thank you Falconer Family for our wonderful birthday presents.
no worries! glad that you have a great adventure xoxo
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