Neighbours down the street go to Cania Gorge every year and love it. Our last trip we didn't have time to spend exploring the area, but this trip we planned for it. Cania Gorge National Park is an ever changing landscape of sandstone monoliths and fern covered creeks and ponds. The rivers and creeks are still eroding the sandstone landscape. We started by slowly driving through the park looking at the amazing views. Cania is the Aboriginal word for spear. We arrived at the lake and went up to the lookout first. It was amazing. It looked over the dam and the lake and told the history of the making of the dam. At the top of the lookout is this memorial with headstones from the cemetery that was covered by the waters from the dam. The original gold discovery diggings was also covered with water from the dam. The dam wall is 340m long and 47m high.
We drove around the dam picnic area. There are two picnic areas at the dam and a couple of lovely holiday cottages. We thought this street name was funny 'True Blue'. Shamrock was the name of a nearby gold mine.
We decided to have lunch in the first picnic area, which was lovely and quiet. I had pre-made lunch which we enjoyed overlooking the lake and watching the birds, some of which became a bit 'friendly' and wanted to share lunch!
There are 7 or 8 bush walks in the Gorge. Peter did the Shamrock Mine walk, as I was not feeling well. The 600m walk was well signed and took Peter along Three Moon Creek, past the old gold mining digs, including the old battery, mine shafts and buildings.
Next we drove along the road and stopped at both of the two caravan parks. Both looked great and one had kangaroos all over the place grazing on the grass. Still, we are not sure that it would warrant the cost of staying there, when we can stay at many other places and do day trips. At the main picnic area we did a short walk along Three Moon Creek from one end of the picnic area, coming out at the other end. There are a lot of cleared areas, great for tent camping, although camping is not allowed.
We were surprised to find many pockets of recently burnt eucalyptus trees along the track. I know that the trees will grow back, as that is what bush fires do - allow for good growth. Maybe the trees were being overtaken by weeds or lantana.
Three Moon Creek is over 160km in length and flows from Lake Cania along past Mulgildie and the bunyip hole to the Burnett River. There are a number of creeks and rivers that run into Three Moon Creek.
Many of the walks start at the main picnic area.
There is only one main road into Cania Gorge and it goes through a small village called Moonford. There are not many houses or buildings there, but this one caught our eye.
Mainly because of this artifact.
The area is predominately dairy now.
Neighbours down the street go to Cania Gorge every year and love it. Our last trip we didn't have time to spend exploring the area, but this trip we planned for it. Cania Gorge National Park is an ever changing landscape of sandstone monoliths and fern covered creeks and ponds. The rivers and creeks are still eroding the sandstone landscape. We started by slowly driving through the park looking at the amazing views. Cania is the Aboriginal word for spear. We arrived at the lake and went up to the lookout first. It was amazing. It looked over the dam and the lake and told the history of the making of the dam. At the top of the lookout is this memorial with headstones from the cemetery that was covered by the waters from the dam. The original gold discovery diggings was also covered with water from the dam. The dam wall is 340m long and 47m high. 
We were surprised to find many pockets of recently burnt eucalyptus trees along the track. I know that the trees will grow back, as that is what bush fires do - allow for good growth. Maybe the trees were being overtaken by weeds or lantana.
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