Boulia to Mckinlay Rd

You beat me Bob. LOL.

Ha ha, not by much, Slow!

GD,

Neglected to mention that Boulia to Hamilton is all bitumen, albeit mostly single lane. Think you might already know that? :-)

Bob

Thanks Bob ,Great feed back mate ,will be in a old 91 Paj done up for OutBack Touring towing a C/T , cheers mate

Shouldn't have any dramas with your vehicle on that road, GD. I only had a Holden ute when I moved down there, then bought a Datsun Skyline, with no dramas.

Been some good rain in that area recently, at least the Hamilton was in flood, so the road may get chopped up a bit. Just be VERY wary of dried wheel tracks, if the grader hasn't been along there when you travel. The crossings over the river north of Hamilton are all cement, and the crossings aren't deep. The crossing near Toolebuc is much deeper, and if the river was running, this might block you. The road from Toolebuc, east back to Winton-Boulia bitumen, is a great drive, many gates and up over Toolebuc Gap, at the southern end of the Finucane Range.

Spent 3 years at Toolebuc, not really far from anywhere, but the most remote place I've ever worked on. In early 79, it rained a lot and we had 6 weeks with no mail, no human contact except for a daily phone call from our neighbour at Cannington Station, and the lovely post mistress in McKinlay. The old earth return phone lines didn't like working in wet conditions.........even a damp spider web was enough to earth it out!
Different place now with Rural Power, phone, Internet etc, etc.

Bob

Thanks Bob ,looking forward to see that part of the Country

Middleton mail job was a "one-off", Slow. Usual "sometimes run" is down the Diamantina, to Davenport Downs. Middleton job is not bad, nearly all bitumen.

Bob

Thanks Steve ,ill have a look for that camp spot .cheers GD

It's not too hard to find. Coming from the south when the mine is coming up on the left there is a small dry creek bed. A couple of tyre tracks go off to the right and follow it around.
The mine is nice and quiet because it's mostly underground.
If you go past the mine you've gone too far.
As mentioned before, we put the spot on Wikicamps. That's the best value app for camping I reckon.
Steve

That sounds the Hamilton River crossing Steve? Not far after Cannington Station, on your left. Recall there being plenty of room to camp...........when it was dry! :-)

Bob

Definitely not a wet weather camp Bob.
It is a really good spot to get off the road but.

Steve