So, leaving Kelmscott like the devil was on our tail, our next stop was to El Caballo Golf Club in Wooroloo. We called in there to see Rick’s cousin Nick and his partner Edna. It was fantastic finally being able to meet them. They are both lovely people and we hope now that we can stay in touch. Stayed in Northam that night in the caravan park. Nice little spot but very crowded. We were lucky to get a spot at all.
17 – 18/07/2010 – Karalee Dam, Kookynie
19/07/2010 – Niagara Dam is a funny little spot, with quite a bit of history
20/07/2010 – Leonora Caravan Park
21/07/2010 – Minnie Creek Rest Area
22/07/2010 – Yarla Katjara Rest Area
23/07/2010 – Docker River Rest Area
24/07/2010 – Yulara Campground
25 – 30/07/2010 – MacDonnell Range Caravan Park
31/07/2010 to 01/08/2010 – Harts Range Showgrounds
02/08/2010 – Boulia Caravan Park – Back in QLD – Yay!!!
03/08/2010 – Waltzing Matilda Caravan Park, Winton – No Photos – not worth it!
Dreadful place – all vans were so crammed in, we had to park on a road and had only about 2 feet on either side to move!! Would never stay there again.
04/08/2010 – Charles Lloyd Jones Weir, Barcaldine
Met up with Toni & JB. We meet them for the first time at Standown Park Veterans’ Retreat maybe 18 months ago, so it was a nice surprise to catch up with them again.
05/08/2010 – Bailey Bar Caravan Park, Charleville
Lovely spot for an overnight stay – they were serving a Lamb on the spit for dinner. Yummy!
06/08/2010 – Judds Lagoon, Yuleeba
Beautiful area. Quite a large spot, well maintained but with no facilities. There were only four campers there (including ourselves).
07/08/2010 – Kingaroy Showgrounds
Good spot for a showgrounds, although the price has gone up to $20 for a powered site. We are now catching up with all the washing. And given all the dust and mud – there is a fair bit of washing and cleaning going on. The view below is from the Kingaroy lookout, viewing the town.
The final picture
That was faster than I thought you would take to travel from the west coast to the east coast. How were the roads? What a life!!
ReplyDeleteThe roads were pretty YUK. WA side (Central Road) was pretty much as expected - corrugations and red, red dust, but the road was pretty reasonably maintained. NT from Docker River to was dreadful. The corros were horrendous and in a lot of places the track was pretty narrow. Once we left that area, it took at least 30 minutes for my eyeballs to stop rattling. From Gemtree to the NT/QLD border was the cause of the mess you see on the car. It really shouldn't have been open at all because there was a 2" dump of rain on the upgrading roadworks which left the road in a dreadful state. Road Trains and local traffic turned it to mush, which then transferred to the car. Once we hit QLD, the border to Boulia was actually quite good except for a couple of stretches of corrugations. Sounds awful, but we really had fun. The landscape and wildlife after some rain is really breathtaking.
ReplyDeleteGreat write up and pics guy's.
ReplyDeleteDon't ya just luv mud grin
Oh yeah - just love it?????
ReplyDeleteHi Lea and Rick,
ReplyDeleteVery interesting that you took the trip West to East like that. What sort of vehicle are you driving?
Great start to the blog and wonderful pictures.
I can't wait to get on the road and become fair dincom about my blog.
Thanks for your comments. We drive a Toyota Landcruiser 100 series with a Kedron ATV 20' van and just love the life. You mentioned Great start to the blog - have a look at the archives as well, we been running this for over 12 months, so there's quite a bit of history there.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the map is concerned, no it's not the Google map, I mocked it up in OziExplorer - however, if I can find the Google map I'll give it a go - sounds really interesting.