Sunshine Coast to Adels Grove

Thought about heading via Canarvon Gorge on way there or back? Going over the Drummond Range from Barcaldine I wouldn't have thought would add many kms or time, just the extra days you want to spend in the Gorge, plus would give you a significantlly varied route.
Hope you are allowing 3 days at Adels Grove between Lawn Hill NP and the Fossil fields that will go in no time.

Mark

Stef,
If you haven't been to Winton I would stop there as the swaggie centre is worth it, also down to Lark quarry and old Cork if you have time. Give Mckinlay a miss, you can just drop in to the pub to have a look if you want. Give The Mt Isa caravan park a miss unless the neighbours in the back street have moved on.

Good way to go is up from Cloncurry to the four ways and across on the Wills Dev Rd. You can come back to The Isa on the way back.

Have a good trip,
RA.

G'day Stef,
If in Roma on either a Tuesday or Thursday, go to the cattle sale, it's worth the experience, even if there for just half an hour.
At Blackall camp on the banks of the Barcoo River $5pn, toilets, showers and permit at the info centre, go for a swim in the heated poll, beautiful.
Longreach, the Qantas museum, Stockmans Hall of Fame.
McKinlay, if you blink at the wrong time you won't see it, but have a look at the Pub.
Mt Isa doesn't do a lot for us, may for you, we usually only stop for supplies.
Couple of interesting buildings in Normanton, a day trip from here to Karumba was sufficient for us, but do try the fish and de chips.
Adels Grove, you could spend three or four days here, the canoe trip up the Gorge is wonderful, but may be a bit difficult with the kids.
Enjoy the trip, and safe travels.
Cheers
Baz

Hello Stefandsal, Reading between the lines I get the impression that you may be trying to do too much in one go.

For example, Sunshine Coast to Roma is a very goods days travel especially with youngsters.

Have a closer look at your maps, I would go straight to Normanton and then Karumba from Cloncurry.

Adels Grove from Burktown and back to The Burke and Wills road house.

I would have no good reason to Visit Mt.Isa except to go on to Boulia and then back to Winton

Or alternately head South East to Julia Creek from The Burke and Wills road house and then on to Charters Towers and south to Emerald.

From Emerald to Rolleston and back through Monto and Gayndah.

A different route home and a good drive.

You have outlined a fairly big trip and to do all that in 3 weeks is a big ask.
you will miss a lot of interesting spots.

Give me a P.M.if you think I can help further

Haji-Baba

here's a link to a trip report i did a few years back that took us through some of the areas you have mentioned, though a different route altogether. if you read the whole report you'll see where we stopped on the way back near Biloela as a treat for the kids.
http://www.4wdaction.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=121720
keep in mind this was a rushed trip, we knew it would be that way when we planned the trip but we didn't care. this is just to give you an idea of another route and some of the stuff to see along the way, there's heaps of stuff we missed and knew this at the time we planned the trip.

Hi Stef and Sal

We had a look around parts of central and northern Qld last year and wrote a few blogs about the places we went to - have a look here for some more ideas.

If you are passing through Tambo (and have deep pockets) stop and have a look at Tambo Teddies. Also around Muttaburra/Hughenden you are in (fossil) dinosaur territory, so if you eldest has reached the dinosaur stage yet you might enjoy not only the fossils but the dinosaur-foot rubbish bins and other dinosaur themed things around those places.

I think you are trying to cram a lot in a short time. If time is short I would drop off the Normanton-Karumba leg - getting a campsite there can be tricky and there is the risk of sandflies, not much fun for the kids.

Cheers,

Val