Day 1 After spending longer at Adels Grove than we had originally planned we had to hurry across Queensland and get to Cairns in time for Paj’s service that we had booked in to prepare for our journey to Cape York. Our first stop was at Normanton. There are two ‘big things’ in this town.… Read More Normanton
After leaving Palm Valley we made a brief detour into Hermannsburg for fuel and to obtain our pass for the Merinee Loop. The Merinee Loop road is an unsealed road through some very scenic landscape. There were a few sections where the corrugations rattled us, but on the whole it was worth the effort. A… Read More Kings Canyon
We camped at a free roadside stop called Spring Creek located just near the turn off for the road into the Purnululu National Park. The first part is a wide flat bitumen area, but if you follow the road a bit further down there is a lovely shaded area on the banks of the river… Read More Purnululu (aka The Bungle Bungles)
We’d only been driving for a few minutes when we rounded the bend and were confronted by the amazing spectacle of the Pentecoste River flowing wide and shallow in front of the Cockburn Ranges. There was a queue of vehicles the other side of the river. As the first vehicle exited the water in front… Read More Gibb River Road – Part 4
After our side trip to the Mitchell Plateau we stopped at Drysdale Station for a night before heading back onto the Gibb River Road again. Heading east we soon enough arrived at Ellenbrae Station. Set on a million acres we followed the signs towards the homestead, passing the turn offs for the two campsites until… Read More Gibb River Road – Part 3
Hit The Toad 