Changing the way you look at the world
Here are some more shots1 of Carnarvon Gorge using Google Earth. They are a series of screenshots with different sea levels, showing how water may have emptied through Carnarvon Gorge, using 2.5x elevation exaggeration for emphasis. The view is from … Continued
The Consuelo Tableland to the north of Carnarvon Gorge would have been one of the first areas of land to emerge in Queensland as the waters of Noah’s Flood were receding from Australia. A rough calculation shows it would have … Continued
Here is a Google screen shot of the Carnarvon Gorge area that helps us picture what was happening as the floodwaters were receding. The blue sea level is set at 880m asl, and clearly delineates the flatness of the Consuelo … Continued
As you travel the unsealed road to Carnarvon Gorge, just before you reach the Camping Area, you pass through a break in Clematis Ridge. The photo from the top of the ridge shows it running south from where the people … Continued
Carnarvon Gorge sits at the junction of two major sedimentary basins, the Surat and Bowen basins. This is illustrated in the geological section to the left1 which looks to the north west and cuts through the south wall of Carnarvon … Continued
From the camp ground at Carnarvon Gorge, as you walk up Carnarvon Creek, the inner Gorge is about 1 km wide but soon narrows to half that size. The steep cliffs of white Precipice Sandstone can be seen to tower some … Continued
Tourists to the spectacular Carnarvon Gorge in Central Queensland, Australia, are told that Carnarvon Creek, carved the Gorge. When you look at the size of the gorge, with its inner walls reaching up 200 metres and the outer walls in the … Continued
The standard explanation for Carnarvon Gorge in Central Queensland, Australia, is that Carnarvon Creek, which flows through the Gorge, shaped it over millions of years. However, there are many features about the Gorge that contradict this story, but are explained … Continued
Carnarvon Gorge is a spectacular natural wonder in the semi-arid heart of Central Queensland, 600 kilometres northwest of Brisbane. At its mouth the Gorge sits 600 metres below a basalt plateau. The boulder-strewn Carnarvon Creek winds through its 22 kilometre1 … Continued