Sat 7th - It was rather chilly when we arrived at Swinging Bridge rest area, but we were soon set up, heater on and snuggled up in bed. The earliest night in months. We had a leisurely morning hitting the road by 8.45am. The drive into Roma was a bit slow with lots of road … Continue reading Swinging Bridge to Cooper Creek
Bedford Weir
Wed - 11/4/12 Bedford Weir is a pretty good spot. Large camping area, divided into 2 sort of sections. Some with shade, caretaker on site which everyone must report to when you arrived. Very friendly guy. Toilets with hot showers, was lovely to have a shower and not have to turn the water on and … Continue reading Bedford Weir
Q – Salvator Rosa – Nogoa Creek
Salvator Rosa, Nogoa Creek Campground - T, W, OR, $. In the Salvador Rosa section of Carnarvon Gorge National Park. Bit of a rough road in, 4WD only, 138kms from Tambo. Very close to Nogoa Creek which is a lovely place to cool off on a hot day. 2 open grassy areas. Self registration for fees. See our post on … Continue reading Q – Salvator Rosa – Nogoa Creek
Nogoa campground
Mon - 9/4/12 Some of the other campers were a bit noisy early on but did quieten down. We were in bed early and up around 7.30am so a big sleep. Was nice to have a cooler night again. Yeah everyone has cleared out and we have the place to ourselves. Have had one day … Continue reading Nogoa campground
Tues - 10/4/12 We had a windy pack up making it hard to keep the awning over the trailer roof as the wind kept blowing it back. We eventually got there and headed back down the bumpy narrow road. 30kms back out to Salvador Rosa Road. 24kms traveling on this road until we turned onto … Continue reading
Salvator Rosa
Sun - 8/4/12 Another awesome gravel pit, very few bugs and no passing cars. Was also nice to have a bit of a cooler night and a bit of a sleep in. Leisurely morning sitting back relaxing a bit before we packed up, bit of a later start to the day, on the road by … Continue reading Salvator Rosa
Charleville, Augathella, Tambo
Sat -7/4/12 Our make shift rest area proved to be one of the best stops so far, very little bugs, we were actually able to sit outside and enjoy the stars and full moon. It was also very quiet. We stopped at the Charleville tyre place to get the tyre from yesterday fixed or replaced. … Continue reading Charleville, Augathella, Tambo
Q – Haddon Corner
Haddon Corner - OR, F, W, D. Very remote, very quiet, big open wide space, no trees, lots of flies when we were there and hot. Be great to stay there when it was cooler. No facilities at all. Rating - 2
Haddon Corner
Thurs - 5/4/12 We had a few problems last night 5kms out of Birdsville that we won't go into but we had the help of a very friendly local named Glenn who helped us out. It wasn't until after 8pm that we were back on the road. Glenn told us we couldn't camp near the … Continue reading Haddon Corner
Down to the corner store
Sun - 1/4/12 Ah love the smell of stinky water in the morning, the smell was quite strong, but you get used to it. Bit of a slower start this morning, we were on the road by 9.15am. We have lost count of how many lizards we have seen sunny themselves on the road. We … Continue reading Down to the corner store