The Road from Normanton to Burketown

226 kilometres is not far right? In the outback it can be any sort of trip that can change with weather and traffic.

From Leichardt Falls the road was sealed but not always smooth. There was about 120 kilometres of unsealed, very dusty road. We pushed into the wind most of the way and used more fuel than usual.

The dirt road was actually not too bad but there was a lot of dust stirred up by every car. For us the wind favoured by taking the dust off quickly but there was still a fair amount of dust over everything when we stopped to camp for the night.

There was a couple of gravel pits being setup so I think roadworks might be planned for the future.

There was quite a bit of traffic heading east. It seems the circuit is out on the main highway to Cloncurry, up via Gregory then east from Burketown.

Overall it is quite a good trip at this time of year.Read more