Porcupine National Park and the Pyramid Gorge walk is approx 71km north of Hughenden on the Kennedy Development Road. Before you get to the camping/walking tracks there is a gorge lookout with spectacular views down the gorge. The track down to the Pyramid rock is 1.1km from the top downwards over rocky steps, loose gravel. … Continue reading Porcupine
Upward
The next few days and nights was just moving up and west. We stopped at MacRossan Park on the Burdekin River, about 22km east of Charters Towers which wasn’t a bad spot. Very busy but also a very large area 7 day limit but some looked liked they were setup for a longer stay. Many … Continue reading Upward
Ravenswood
Ravenswood is appox 80km from the Burdekin Falls Dam heading north towards the Flinders Hwy 88km east Of Charters Towers. The turnoff into the town is 1km off the main road and worth taking the detour. It was like we stepped back into the 1800’s. Ravenswood was once a thriving gold mining town. Today it … Continue reading Ravenswood
Burdekin Dam
Burdekin Falls Dam, Chris has been very keen to take a drive out to the dam. We have crossed the bridge over the Burdekin River several times over the years and it is a massive river. The road from Collinsville turns to gravel as soon as you turn off the main road. It was very … Continue reading Burdekin Dam
Collinsville
Places like Collinsville is why we like to get off the main hwy’s and explore the small towns off the coast. What an awesome little town, very friendly and great community spirit. There is a free 72hr RV park at the Showgrounds, an information centre is located on site with very helpful friendly staff. There … Continue reading Collinsville
Lake Elphinstone
Lake Elphinstone is a naturally occurring body of water approximately 3.5 km long and approximately 1 km wide from the centre. The lake is the largest natural freshwater body in Central Queensland. Due to Lake Elphinstone being uniformly shallow, it’s waters have a relatively high level of plant nutrients containing a range of food plants … Continue reading Lake Elphinstone
Moving north
As we continue to slowly move north we had to be very mindful again of wet muddy ground and pick any over night stops very carefully. We stopped at Dululu for a night and managed to get a concrete slab for our annex which was cool and gravel to park on. It’s a great donation … Continue reading Moving north
History
Perfect one day…. Raining the next, that is Queensland for you, especially this year. Queensland Heritage Park at Biloela has only been opened back up for a few days after being closed for sometime due to recent rains and wet ground. Also their annual Old Wheels in Motion Rally. Due to being a heavy vehicle … Continue reading History
Perfect one day………
Ahh finally a few fine days in a row and not freezing 😁 We spent a few nights at Calliope at the River on the south side. When we drove in we were a little shocked at the number of campers. We have stayed here several times and never seen it this busy, seems to … Continue reading Perfect one day………
The Great Escape
After being delayed in Brisbane for a few weeks we were getting itchy feet and going a bit stir crazy being isolated. We started planning “Our Great Escape” heading north, to warmer pastures. Our prisoner escape committee consisted of Chris, chief engineer and driver, Kate planner, organiser and cook and Jess the faithful companion chief … Continue reading The Great Escape