Savannah Way - best places along the way?

Oh sorry I forgot to say that I have been in Kakadu, Litchfield, Katherine and Mataranka so my Savannah Way trip question aims at the route between Mataranka (probably the best place to start) and Cairns

Don't miss Cobbold Gorge as a great side trip. There is a great campground there and we took our van in. Check road conditions first. Others left their vans at George Town or Mt Surprise and went as a day trip or stayed in accommodation. The geology and history are fascinating and unique. Georgetown has a famous rock museum too. Mt Surprise is a great spot - the Bedrock Caravan Park there is one of our favourites. We enjoyed prospecting for sapphires (found a few too). The lava tubes are worth a visit. In fact we found every little whistle stop along the Savannah Way to be a worthwhile place to investigate - they all have something to offer. Allow plenty of time.
Bitter Springs at Mataranka is a lovely campground with the best swimming in a natural spring. The museum there has some amazing World War 2 photos.
Enjoy your trip. Lynne and John

Hi Philipp,
The Western lost city and southern lost city in the Limmen NP are worth seeing. You will need to get a key from the ranger at Nathan River to get to western lost city.
Lorella Springs is a great spot to explore need at least 3 days to see some of it.
Seven Emu has good camping as well.
A little off the track is Kingfisher Camp and then down toLawn Hill is a must.
Enjoy the trip.
Cheers Andy

Philipp,

An interesting spot, maybe for smoko or lunch, is the 40 Mile Scrub N/P, between Mt Surprise and Mt Garnet.

There's a parking bay, toilets and info board, right on the highway, and the thickest scrub you're likely to see anywhere.

Bob

Ok thank you for all the input... I collected all the places and hope I put them in the right order...

Roper Bar (Tomato Island campground)
Limmen National Park (Lost Cities)
Towns River (Camping)
Lorella Springs (Camping & Park)
Caranbirini Conservation Reserve!
Borroloola
Seven Emu (Camping)
Kingfisher Camp & Lawn Hill Reserve
Burketown (Gregory River free camp)
Georgetown & Cobbold Gorge
Mount Surprise (Bedrock Caravan Park, Lava tubes)
40 Mile Scrub National Park

Thanks for all the advice. If anyone else has some more I would appreciate it of course.

Cheers

Philipp

Took the Savannah Way in August. The pies the Bakery are first class at Burketown (was the first for a few weeks) and the coffee next door was good. The place we found great was Chillagoe. We headed north from Mt Surprise and 2/3 of the road was good but with plenty of ups and downs. Got corrugated after we passed a quarry that truck were carting from.
The Hub in the main street of Chillagoe is full of information on the caves, geology and mining. The caravan park offer good shade and facility are Ok. Be warned if you wan't a meal at the pub you have to pre book. The grumpy lady turned away plenty of good trade. The lady aboriginal guide we had on the cave tour we did was excellent with a dry sense of humour.
The drive from there to Mareeba has about 25k of gravel before turning into bitumen.
The Coffee Centre at Mareeba is closed and there are no warnings that it is. Jaques Coffee Plantation Coffee about 5k aloung the road to Cairns is open and have an interesting story to tell and good coffee.
If you are interested in Aboriginal art on the way to the Cape, Jowalbinna just west of Laura is worth a visit. Its best to have a 4WD but Stev the property owner has a "softrider" as he's daily drive. There is a couple of river crossing getting into the camp site. The camp site has seen better day's but offer hot showers and a camp kitchen. Stev has a rather off handed approach but he sure knows his stuff when you get out on a tour with him.

One other thing you need to be warned about is the booking in National parks in Queensland. It has to be done on the web and the web site is a 100% hopeless.
Post a photo of some of the Aboriginal art work from Jowalbinna and a photo of Chillago.