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    • Day 209

      T2 - Outback

      May 17, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

      CROYDON

      ▪️Am vorherigen Abend haben wir uns noch mit dem Farmer um 12 Uhr auf seiner Range verabredet
      ▪️Eine halbe Stunde vorher kam eine Absage, dass der Job nicht mehr verfügbar sei - wieder einmal umsonst gewartet😅
      ▪️ Weiter ging's zum nächsten 4h entfernten Free Camp über den bekannten Savannah Way
      ▪️Beim "Mensch ärgere dich nicht" hat mich ein 1000-Füßler in die Kniekehle gebissen - einfach so 😲
      ▪️Ist aber nichts zu sehen, war nur ein riesen Schreck

      💡Im Outback sollte man immer mindestens einen kleinen vollen Benzinkanister dabei haben, da die Tankstellen, sowie die Dörfer manchmal bis zu 600km voneinander entfernt sind.
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    • Day 886

      Cobbold Gorge

      September 6, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      The Cobbold Gorge, our next stop of this trip. The gorge is located just 100km south of the highway in the middle of the bush. The road out there brought back the whole outback feeling: Red sand gravel roads, cattle everywhere on the road and an emu we almost crashed into while it was crossing the road.

      At the gorge we joined a stand up paddle tour. A really fun way to explore this gorgeous gorge 😀 Unfortunately no funny videos because nobody fell into the water or was attacked by one of the nine crocs living in the waters of the gorge. We decided to stay here for two nights before continuing our trip to enjoy the great infinity pool with swim up bar and just relax a bit after the crazy last weeks.

      By the way our new tent is amazing! It is a bit smaller than our rooftop tent but much more comfortable and when we open it up at night we can see the stars the whole night. Really amazing!

      Weiter geht's zur Cobbold Gorge. Die Schlucht liegt ca. 100km südlich unserer eigentlichen Route mitten im nirgendwo. Schon die Straße hierher bringt das volle Outback Gefühl zurück: Holprige unasphaltierte rote Sandstraßen die sich mitten durch die unzähligen Rinderherden schlängeln. Sogar ein Emu hätten wir beinahe erwischt als es gemütlich über die Straße gehen wollte. Eine typische Outback-Straße halt, kennt man ja ;)

      Im Resort (eigentlich auch nur ein riesiger Rinderbauernhof) haben wir dann eine Stand up paddle Tour durch die Schlucht gemacht. Richtig cool die Schlucht aus diesem Perspektive zu entdecken. Leider gibt es nur professionelle Fotos und Videos denn niemand ist ins Wasser gefallen oder wurde von einem der neun Krokodile attackiert die in der Schlucht leben. Hier bleiben wir jetzt noch eine zweite Nacht um etwas im mega Pool mit Poolbar zu entspannen bevor uns die nächste große Etappe morgen zurück ans Meer nach Karumba führt.
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    • Day 15

      Croydon pit stop

      September 22, 2016 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Photo order
      1. Stefan fills bike with Diesel
      2. Stefan pumps Diesel out of bike
      3. Stefan fills bike with Petrol
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      We also met very friendly Aussies which gave us a nice letter for our travel memories 😲Read more

    • Day 310

      Croydon rodeo grounds

      July 22, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C

      Short trip into croydon for a nights stop!
      Checked out the heritage lights in town on night , visited Lake belmore in the morning nalley decided too run away and roll in dead fish! Absolute demon! ! Crocs should have taken him!
      Visited all the old heritage buildings, checked out the Chinese temple only a pile of old stones left!
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    • Day 8

      Undara to Cobbold Gorge

      August 8, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      We cruised through Mount Surprise, not a lot there. Then stopped at Georgetown for fuel and a look through their visitor info centre, it's recently been done up, very fancy. Not long down the road and we hit Forsayth. We stopped at Goldfields Hotel for a quick drink before back in the car and onto the wrong road. Damn you hema! Luckily we didn't get too far in before we had to turn around and we did see an albino wallaroo, which we wouldn't have seen otherwise. The road to Cobbold Gorge was mostly dirt. It was solid, but we flew past quite a few caravans. We checked in and set up. We decided to set everything up this time since we are within walking distance to the tour departures tomorrow, which means no pack up tomorrow as we are here for two nights. Bonus! We went for a wander past the dam where you can kayak or hit floating golf balls into and retrieve later. Lots of options here. We relaxed for a bit before headed upto the MacDonalds bar and Bistro for dinner. The communal fire had been lit and some people were enjoying the infinity pool. It's a lovely spot. For dinner Ben had the veal parma and I had the lamb shanks. Just sitting around our camp at the moment, procrastinating going to shower. The wifi here is bloody terrible and no service. We have two tours booked tomorrow. Until then.. or whenever we get service/decent wifi.Read more

    • Day 8

      Undara Archway Lava Tube tour

      August 8, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      A bit of a sleep in today, although we were both stirring before our alarm at 8am. A much slower morning than usual as our tour wasn't until 10:30. We packed up, had a feed and waited by the wifi in the main area until our Archway tour started. Only small groups which is good, with a max of 20. A few waitlisted people were hoping for no shows with no luck. A few people we've spoken to at various campsites were hoping to do Undara or Cobbold (where we're headed today), but said they were both booked out by the time they looked into it. Lucky I enjoying planning haha. Sonya was our tour guide, this is her first season here, she was lovely and very knowledgeable. The lava tubes are over 190000 years old and there are 72 volcanoes within this national park, with even more in the general area. Undara has the longest lava tube in the world at around 160kms. First we walked into the Stephenson cave, it was huge and very impressive. Next we headed out to see the Archway, where the tube roof had collapsed thousands of years ago, creating the 'arch'. The next cave was the Ewamian, named after the local Indigenous people. Sonya asked if anyone could sing as the acoustics are great in this cave and as turns out! One of the ladies from South Australia could, after being dobbed in by her travelling partner. We turned the lights off and she sung a beautiful Irish song for everyone, it was unreal! We headed back to the mini bus not long later, made ham and cheese wraps before heading to our next stop.Read more

    • Critters camp

      July 17, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      A worthwhile trip when you visit Normanton is the railmotor journey to Critters Camp. The 70 year old railmotor makes an easy run over the 130 year old track. About 95% of the railway is what was originally laid.

      Critters camp is one of the points on the line where the railmotor can be turned around. A short curve runs off at right angles and switches back the other way.

      All about the name.... Apparently when the camp was setup in 1989 one of the workers was bitten on the derryairre by a redback spider. There were other biting "critters" such as venomous snakes so hence the name. Not at all about the cute fuzzy critters also seen here.

      Critters camp was reconstructed in 1989. It was the turn around point then for the couple of trains that ran along the line. When the Norman River was flooded supplies and people could be brought from Normanton and taken across by the flood boat. Here everything was loaded on the train and taken the remaining 80 miles back to Croyden.

      When the gold ran out at Croyden the turn around rails were taken out as they were not needed for the once a week service.

      In 1989 the rails were replaced to cater to tourists wanting to travel this railway.
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    • Day 3

      Greenvale to Croydon

      June 17, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

      A bit of corrugated dirt road today on the alternate Savannah Way. We stopped at Copperfield Gorge for a walk, Forsayth for a wee break (green frogs in the loo) Georgetown for lunch and camped at Croydon. Totally new places for me but David did lots of work around here when we lived in AthertonRead more

    • Croydon

      July 8, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      First impressions of Croyden one sees the interesting welcome sign. The funny looking lizard is supposed to be a Gilberts Dragon. He waves happily as you drive into town. It is an interesting and quite neat sign.

      Next stop is the True Blue info centre. Here there is quite a lot of history to take in. Things to do, places to go. Lots of ideas. There is some old mining machinery on display that tips you off to why Croyden was settled. Gold fever of course. I don't think the miners got rich, but the big companies certainly did. Hotels ans adult entertainment would have been certain winners. It was a seriously hard life.

      From the info centre sign.
      The Croydon goldfield produced at least 23,675 kilos (761,167 fine ounces) of gold and 25,008 kilos (804,023 fine ounces) of silver between 1886 and 1935. Most of this was recovered between 1886 and 1906, and from an area of about 645 square kilometres.

      There were at least 110 mines on the Croydon goldfield, though the main ones were Golden Gate (the biggest), Tabletop, Golden Valley, Mountain Maid, Goldstone ("the 12 Mile"), Homeward Bound, and in Croydon itself Iguana Hill, Lady Mary, The Queen and Highland Mary.

      Croydon gold lay in reefs - it was not found on the surface, so miners had to go underground for it. But it was generally not very deep - the deepest mine on the Croydon field went down 1367 feet (417 metres) at Golden Gate.

      The Croydon field began to run down by 1909 and when the miners left for World War 1 many of the mines filled with water and never reopened.

      In admiration for his feats during the siege of Mafeking the Croydon miners presented General Baden Powell with a 1 lb gold ingot encased in a pom pom shell inscribed, "to General Baden Powell from his admirers on the Croydon gold field, North Qld. This 1lb of Croydon gold is 24 carat and so are you."

      Croydon has a golden past

      It was the last of Queensland's gold towns, in its day the fourth largest town in the state. For 40 years from 1886 until the mining warden's office left Croydon in 1926 thousands came in search of wealth. They built these streets, and in the face of drought, flood and economic depression made their lives here. A few got rich, many did not. Many died, from disease, in the mines or from the climate.

      Croydon had grown from nothing in 1885 to about 7000 people by 1887. The town boasted wide streets and many fine buildings.
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