Daily Archives: 27 August 2007

WINDORAH TO WELFORD NATIONAL PARK

Posted on 27 August 2007 by Russ

Only a short distance to travel today, about 90kms, across the mighty Coopers Creek. What an amazing waterway! Down a one-lane bitumen road, with wide sides to access if road trains come the other way, but all we encountered were … Continue reading →

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MT ISA TO GUMHOLE CAMPGROUND, DIAMANTINA NATIONAL PARK

Posted on 27 August 2007 by Russ

The country around Mt Isa was really lovely, with red, rocky hills, covered in white, multi-trunked eucalypts (like Mallees), a wide assortment of bushes and grasses and dips where creeks would flow in the wet season. The road was one … Continue reading →

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GUMHOLE CREEK, DIAMANTINA NATIONAL PARK TO WINDORAH

Posted on 27 August 2007 by Russ

A long and arduous journey of 375kms (5 hours), at least two thirds of which was through bulldust, sometimes deep. It feels like you are driving though water or mud, and have little control over direction. Not my favourite surface! … Continue reading →

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