3 July 2019
Today we headed to Mornington Wilderness Camp for 3 nights. The Australian Wildlife Conservancy have held the lease since 2001 and have de-stocked the 300,000 odd acres. They only allow 50 people at a time there – I had booked the camp site months ago. We snagged a great site, had some lunch and then headed to one of the swimming holes for a dip. It was a shallow and fairly warm section of the Fitzroy River.
After dinner we headed up to the restaurant/reception area where an ecologist that works for the AWC gave a presentation on their work, and also talked about some of those most significant threats to native wildlife. Cats were the winner. They are fierce and talented predators and are decimating native wildlife populations. They had a bit of a library there with lots of interesting info.
Travelling the Big Island 