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2018 Road Trip

May - July 2018
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    Day 11

    Day 11

    June 7, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    Another nice day in the Atherton table lands, a bit more site seeing today out to lake Eachem, which is an old volcanic crater full of very clear water with plenty of fish and turtles nice spot for a swim in the warmer weather, dropped in at the caravan park for a look more of a backpacker style place.
    We went back to Yungaburra for a wander around and got some more meat from the butcher, he has very good meat tender and full of flavour, Atherton was our lunch stop and took a wander up and down the street lots of shops. Then 15 minutes north up to Walkamin to see Colleen and Arthur for afternoon tea, was great to see them has been 3 years and they looked great, had lots to catch up on. Steak on the pig for dinner and a few drinks with the Newton's finished the day out great.    Read more

  • Traveler2018 Road Trip
    Day 12

    Day 12

    June 8, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Left Tinarroo Dam this morning in light rain, stopped at Atherton for food supplies as we are heading out to the west drove in light rain for about an hour till we got away from the coast. Stopped at Innott hot spring for a cuppa and then right turn onto the Savannah Way, Mount Surprise for lunch and then onto Georgetown, left turn down to Forsayth and then onto the dirt for about 50kms to get to Cobbold Gorge. An oasis in the outback, sunken swimming pool, bar and restaurant and super quite 👍Read more

  • Traveler2018 Road Trip
    Day 13

    Day13

    June 9, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    After a 27 degree day it cooled down nice to a comfy sleeping level, decided to do a walk this morning to Russells lookout, which is mostly flat and then you got to the hill you had to climb wasn't that hard a little steep and some loose rocks placed but it was pretty hot and made it feel like hard work, we came back via the loop track which was about 10 kms, Teresa was fairly moaning by the time we got back. Change of clothes and straight into the pool very refreshing, we had lunch at the bar which was fantastic and then we headed off for a 1/2 hour chopper ride around the whole station and over the gorge. Couple of drinks at the bar and pork chops on the barbie back at the van 👍Read more

  • Traveler2018 Road Trip
    Day 14

    Day 14

    June 10, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C

    Sunday morning in the Savannah country another magic day, bacon egg breakfast to start the day then off on the Cobbold Gorge tour, you start the tour by bus as you cross the Robinson River which is dry and then a small walk down some elevated walk ways to the gorge entrance. You travel down and back the gorge in an electric flat bottom boat, amazing views and rock formations, when the boat trip was done you take a walk to the top of the gorge to a lookout with views over the Gorge, a great piece of natural Australia. A lazy afternoon just chilling out, had an ice cream at the shop and Teresa took a paddle in a kayak on the lagoon, dinner on the deck overlooking the lagoon and pool was very nice.Read more

  • Traveler2018 Road Trip
    Day 15

    Day 15

    June 11, 2018 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

    Start of another week and it is time to move again, had a great time in Cobbald Gorge, back onto the dirt for a while to Forsayth township for a quick look and then north back up to Georgetown. Heading west today for Croydon along the way we stopped at the Cumberland chimney which has a good free camp on the lagoon with lots of birds and the odd feral pig, a bit further along and you get to the Gilbert River which is a huge river with some water but mostly a dry sandy river bed with lots of free camping along it. Staying at the council park in Croydon which has improved a lot since here 3 years ago and the town has got a fully stocked small supermarket, down to the pub for a drink late avo and corn beef dinner out of the shuttlechef thermos cooker 👍 the weather is warming up 32 here today.Read more

  • Traveler2018 Road Trip
    Day 16

    Day 16

    June 12, 2018 in Australia

    Another fantastic day in the savannah country 20 degrees overnight had the aircon in the van most of the night, took a walk around the town perimeter this morning Croydon was a big place in its gold mining era more than 6000 people here now there is only 130 people living in Croydon, stopped in at the railway station which is now a steel building which replaced the old timber station due to a white ant infestation. Jumped in the car and went out to lake Belmore which is the towns water supply, reasonably full and a great place to have a picnic lunch but no camping is allowed here, on the way back we stopped at the Chinese temple ruins and the lookout over the town. 32 degrees here today so we jumped in the pool late avo for a dip and a chat with some fellow travellers, happy hour back at the van watching the sunset, doesn’t get much better than this 👍👍Read more

  • Traveler2018 Road Trip
    Day 17

    Day 17

    June 13, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Left Croydon at 8:30 heading west to Normanton to stock up on supplies and fuel, went to the bakery for morning tea, coffee and custard tart which was very good so we got a couple of pasties to go for lunch. Out of Normanton and west towards Burketown wasn't long before the black top ran out and we are on the dirt, about 120kms of dust and pretty good Road with lots of dips crossed over the little Banone, the Banone and the Flinders Rivers before we got to the Leichhardt River and falls, decided to stop here for the night as it is such a great spot to camp along the river. We went down the track to the falls and found a camp spot over looking the river and the falls absolutely magic, WikiCamps said it was extreme 4wd down the falls track but we pulled the van in easy, very interesting place with some weird rock formations from water flow. Spotted a fresh water crocodile basking in the sun on a rock in the river, a few other caravans here but vey peaceful, happy hour overlooking the river just another piece of an amazing Australian natural wonder well worth the time to get here 🥃😊👍Read more

  • Traveler2018 Road Trip
    Day 18

    Day 18

    June 14, 2018 in Australia

    Up early this morning and caught the sun coming up and lots of wallabies feeding near the river, back onto the bitumen for a run into Burketown, a well presented place with all the conveniences you need topped up the fuel and went to the butcher to get a couple of steaks, made all of the phone calls as we are going in to the no reception area for a while, time to pull out the satellite phone. Back on the Savannah way heading west we passed the Tirranna roadhouse not much there, we then crossed over the Gregory river which had a small amount of water to drive through, The Big and Little Oaky river and the Gunnalunga River just south of the Doomadgee community which were all dry crossings. Some sealed and unsealed sections of Road as we made our way to the Hells Gate roadhouse which is our camp for the night, great little spot with pub, power, and nice green grassy surrounds very well maintained place in the middle of nowhere 👍Read more

  • Traveler2018 Road Trip
    Day 19

    Day 19

    June 15, 2018 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    Had a great night at Hells Gate Roadhouse, chatted with some fellow caravaners over a few drinks and then we met Tim the fire twirler from Sydney who is working the season on the cattle station, he offered to do a little show and he was very good did not burn that beard he has been growing for 4 years, great place to stop the night. Straight onto the dirt this morning about 317 kms all dirt, lots of corrugations, dips, bull dust holes and river crossings, but overall it was a good run with some very scenic river crossings and lots of cattle along the way. Got into Borroloola at 1:30 and had a look around the town very tidy place but not that appealing unless you are a fisherman, fuelled up, checked the phone, downloaded emails and aired up the tyres back to road pressures. Off to heartbreak hotel at Cape Crawford for a couple of nights, happy birthday Craig 🎂🎂🎉🎉Read more

  • Traveler2018 Road Trip
    Day 20

    Day 20

    June 16, 2018 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 28 °C

    Nearly at the half way point of our 6 week trip, just taking a day out relaxing at cape Crawford, bacon and egg breakfast and then off on a 20 minute chopper ride over the lost city rock formations in a trusty robbo R44 with a young pilot from Traralgon who is up here for the season. You take off just beside the road after checking for traffic and then run down the Carpentaria Hwy for a bit gathering speed as you lift off over the Macarthur River and then over the amazing rock formations of the lost City, the only way to see the place is by chopper absolutely well worth it. Just chilling out for the avo, happy hour and dinner at the Heartbreak hotel tonight 👍Read more

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