Saturday, Mar 20, 2010 at 14:13
G'day Olsens 4wd,
I drove the
Laura coach rd and it was a fantastic drive. It makes you take your hat off to Cobb and Co coaches. It tested my gps out, at one place I had to drive down a rocky ck bed (and back) as it was difficult to see wher the track went.
From the Cobb & Co Book-- 'In 1875 Cobb & Co ran coaches twice a week from Townsville to
Ravenswood then on to Charters Towers. Farther north coaches ran from
Cooktown over very difficult terrain to the Palmer River Goldfields. From 1879, this service extended only as far as Byerstown; later a more suitable route was found via
Laura to
Maytown.'
How coaches with steel wheels could travel over the sloping rocky ledges, I found hard to believe, but they did it!
Cheers,
Bill
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