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Accommodation Review – Oaks Grand Gladstone – Gladstone, Queensland Great Accommodation, But the Pub Has Lost Its Way! Location: Gladstone, QLDDates of stay: Multiple visitsOur rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ 4.4/5 When you’ve stayed somewhere several times and keep coming back, you know it’s doing something right. For us, the Oaks Grand Gladstone is our favourite place to …
Camping Locations – Salvator Rosa National Park – Northern Section, Queensland Outback Isolation, Sandstone Spires and a Proper Escape from Civilisation! If you’re the sort of traveller who enjoys getting well away from the highway, leaving the crowds behind and discovering somewhere a little different, then the Salvator Rosa section of Carnarvon National Park deserves …
Camping Locations – Blackdown Tablelands National Park – Queensland Escarpments, Waterfalls and a Fair Bit of Wow Factor! If you reckon Central Queensland is all cattle stations, mining towns and long stretches of highway, then it’s time to get off the blacktop and discover Blackdown Tablelands National Park. This spectacular slice of Queensland wilderness is …
Homeward Bound – Red Dirt, Lessons Learnt and Another Adventure in the Books! Sadly, the time had come to point the Pajero towards home. Our first proper foray into touring for a few days with the Pajero was coming to an end, and it had certainly been an adventure! We’d travelled through some amazing Queensland …
From Solitude to Switchbacks – Salvator Rosa to Blackdown Tablelands Today was another big day behind the wheel, with approximately 540 kilometres planned between Salvator Rosa National Park and Blackdown Tablelands National Park. Our route would take us through Springsure and Blackwater before heading into the hills for our final night of the tour. After …
From Lake Dunn to Salvator Rosa – Coffee, Cream Buns and a Whole Lot of Outback! Today was going to be another decent day behind the wheel, with approximately 530 kilometres between us and our destination, Salvator Rosa National Park. Our route would take us through Aramac, Barcaldine, Blackall and Tambo before heading off into …
Rusty Treasures and Outback Characters – Exploring the Lake Dunn Sculpture Trail One of the highlights of our stay at Lake Dunn was getting out to explore the famous Lake Dunn Sculpture Trail. If you enjoy a bit of outback scenery, quirky artwork and discovering the unexpected, this is definitely one to add to your …
Goodbye Ravenswood, Hello Lake Dunn – Fog, Dirt Roads and the Search for Shade! It was time to say goodbye to historic Ravenswood and point ourselves towards our next destination, Lake Dunn, about 63 kilometres north-east of Aramac. We were heading into outback Queensland for a bit of camping, exploring and getting away from the …
Day 3 – Gold Rush History, Ghostly Towns and the All-Important Pub Photos! Day 3 of our tour was a much more relaxed affair, with very little riding planned. After clocking up plenty of kilometres over the previous couple of days, it was time to slow things down, explore historic Ravenswood and, of course, continue …
Dining and Drinking Review – Imperial Hotel, Ravenswood Queensland Location: Ravenswood, QueenslandDate of visit: 02-03 October 2021Overall score: 4.5/5 During our stay in the historic goldmining town of Ravenswood, we called into the Imperial Hotel on three separate occasions. Plenty of opportunities to get a feel for the place, sample the food and, of course, …