Sunday, Apr 24, 2016 at 15:45
Well done and dusted! Been there, done that! Won't really race back to do it again, though.
Set off from Biloela about 8.30 am.
Some quite long sections there I'd really hate to meet somebody coming the other way .......
We did meet only two opposing vehicles and both of those were able to pull to the side and let us scramble past.
A couple of very steep climbs where you just plain can't see over the crest to even see where the road goes, let alone if some bugger is there, until you have come over the top.
A couple of bulldust holes on the approach of largish rocks to scramble up and over, on already steep climbs had the wheels scrabbling for purchase.
At least three times, after steep climbs, it flattens out, descends, and I thought "
Well that must be it" only to have it climb still further.
Got to the
Griffith Creek
picnic area and had lunch about 11.30.
Track to the bomber site is very hard-packed.
Did the 4wd circuit past the wall, I have been this way before, about 9 years ago, and I'm sure the route must have change a bit since then, just after the wall. Came to a bank about bonnet height, that looked close to straight up and thought "Not sure I can do this ....", but a cruiser had just gone there, so surely a Pajero could. Climbed it with no fuss at all.
Exited the park at the southern end, turned left to take Cedarvale Road until it was met by Monal Road. Took Monal Road. The longest continuous steep climb of the day was here, I think it must the range that used to be known as "Gentle Annie". Had a look at the Monal Gold Fields, then took Raspberry Creek Road. Captured the sunset from the top a ridge up there. Continued until the
intersection with Dooloo Tops Road, followed Dooloo tops until it met Monal road again, onto Mungungo, then
Monto getting there at 6.30 pm
I have been from Mungungo to Kroombit tops via Monal/Dooloo Tops/Raspberry Creek/Monal/Cedarvale roads 9 years ago in a Rav 4. The road now is MUCH rougher, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't take an AWD now ....
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