Touring is thirsty work!.
The time had come to return home, our first foray into a few days of touring in the Pajero was coming to an end. We learnt a lot this trip including: How to pack for a trip. Carry spare fuel just in case (thankfully we never ran short. Make sure you set your waypoints for …
Today’s journey would cover around 540km going from Salvator Rosa National Park to Blackdown Tabledowns National Park. Our journey would take us through Springsure and Blackwater. As mentioned in our day 6 post, the park was very quiet, so quiet we were the only visitors there ?. So we arose to nothing but the sounds …
Today’s journey would cover around 530km going from Lake Dunn to Salvator Rosa National Park. Our journey would take us through Aramac, Barcaldine, Blackall and Tambo. The first stop for the day was Aramac to fuel up at the WhiteBull Roadhouse. We also took the opportunity to stop and visit the Aramac Tramway Museum. Once we …
The sculpture trail is a circuit starting in Aramac but is also accessiblefrom Jericho. You can travel the loop either way and it covers a distance of approximately 200km. It comprises of 40 sculptural creations mostly on an outback theme ranging from emu families to jackaroos. These amazing artworks are the creations of Milynda Rogers …
It was time to say goodbye to Ravenswood and get moving towards our destination at Lake Dunn. Lake Dunn is 63km north east of Aramac. the lake is the only wetland area in Central West Queensland and is consequently home to a large waterfowl population. The start of our journey was rather foggy so we took it slower heading to Charters …
Day 3 of our tour involved only a little bit of driving around Ravenswood and a quick run up to Mingela. We wanted to grab a photo for our collection and to tick off another Aussie pub in the Australian Bush Pubs book. We were staying at the Railway Hotel and it was a quiet …
We rose early to sunshine and serenity at Sarina Beach. Today’s destination was the historic town of Ravenswood, a journey of around 530km. First stop was “The Diner” in Sarina for breakfast. It is a local icon, being a firm favourite with generations of sugar mill workers & locals. Savoury mince and eggs The …
We had a wet start to our tour with rain from Rockhampton to Duaringa, our destination for the day was the Sarina Beach Motel. We went out via Duaringa as I’d never driven the dirt stretch from Duaringa to Apis Creek and I wanted to check it out. As we are still sorting out how we …