{"id":31,"date":"2006-10-28T11:35:30","date_gmt":"2006-10-28T16:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.hinchy.org\/wordpress\/2006\/10\/28\/a-quick-look-at-geikie-gorge\/"},"modified":"2011-07-15T10:12:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-15T10:12:06","slug":"a-quick-look-at-geikie-gorge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hinchy.org\/travels\/a-quick-look-at-geikie-gorge\/","title":{"rendered":"A quick look at Geikie Gorge"},"content":{"rendered":"<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"A wide view of part of Geikie Gorge.\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/hinchy.org\/enlarged\/oct28-1.html','popup','width=800,height=111,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/hinchy.org\/enlarged\/oct28-1.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.hinchy.org\/images\/geikiepanoramic.jpg?resize=508%2C71\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">Fishing-free day today&#8230; after yesterday&#8217;s success, who can blame us! Mind you, we&#8217;re off again to the river tomorrow for another round, and with any luck we can pot just one more to top a great weekend.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been meaning to take a few shots of Geikie Gorge to put up on the website, but to be honest, I spend too much time with a fishing rod in my hand to have a camera as well. Unfortunately, there is not quite enough time in the day for both. I have managed to snap a few shots, and I will try to add to these over the next few weeks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"The rocks of Geikie Gorge.\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/hinchy.org\/enlarged\/oct28-2.html','popup','width=800,height=275,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/hinchy.org\/enlarged\/oct28-2.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.hinchy.org\/images\/gorgewallpanoramic.jpg?resize=266%2C91\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"91\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"The colours of Geikie Gorge.\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/hinchy.org\/enlarged\/oct28-3.html','popup','width=276,height=726,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/hinchy.org\/enlarged\/oct28-3.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.hinchy.org\/images\/rockcolourpanoramic.jpg?resize=101%2C266\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"266\" \/> <\/a><a title=\"The Geikie Gorge Wall.\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/hinchy.org\/enlarged\/oct28-4.html','popup','width=244,height=800,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/hinchy.org\/enlarged\/oct28-4.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.hinchy.org\/images\/pandanuspanoramic.jpg?resize=81%2C264\" alt=\"\" width=\"81\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a title=\"The Graveyard: The place to catch Barra.\" onclick=\"window.open('https:\/\/hinchy.org\/enlarged\/oct28-5.html','popup','width=799,height=265,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"https:\/\/hinchy.org\/enlarged\/oct28-5.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/new.hinchy.org\/images\/graveyardrock.jpg?resize=266%2C125\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fishing-free day today&#8230; after yesterday&#8217;s success, who can blame us! Mind you, we&#8217;re off again to the river tomorrow for another round, and with any luck we can pot just one more to top a great weekend. I&#8217;ve been meaning to take a few shots of Geikie Gorge to put up on the website, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[16,21],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-kids","tag-fitzroy-crossing","tag-geikie-gorge","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8sUAc-v","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24,"url":"https:\/\/hinchy.org\/travels\/my-first-barra\/","url_meta":{"origin":31,"position":0},"title":"My first barra","author":"trevor","date":"October 3, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"My first ever barra came after three months of trying... many, many hours of sitting down by the river waiting for the big hit. 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