Itinerary for QLD
Submitted: Thursday, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:00
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Wendy Rayner
My family and I are planning a trip around and through Australia. We are leaving from
Perth and are travelling North thru the
Kimberley, across to N.T, down to
Alice Springs and across to Qld via the
Plenty Highway. Then back up north to do
Cape york and after arriving back in
Cairns I have no idea where to go from there. Probably down the coast to Townsville and then inland. If any one has any ideas it would be great to hear them.
Reply By: Savvas - Thursday, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:00
Sounds like an excellent adventure! Excuse me for asking you a question instead of answering yours. How much time are you allowing for the whole trip? I'm in
Sydney and want to head across to WA, upto
Broome, etc in the not too distant future. Sort of the opposite hand of what you are doing.
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Follow Up By: Wendy Rayner - Thursday, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:00
No problem. We're planning to leave
Perth in February 2003 and will be on the road for about 13 months. We'll be driving a Pajero 4WD and towing a fully rigged off road camper trailer as we plan to travel a lot of 4WD tracks. We are spending about 4 months in WA as there is a fair bit to see, especially in the
Pilbara and the
Kimberley.
You can see a rough itinerary on our web page at www.users.bigpond.com/rcspatch
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Follow Up By: Savvas - Friday, Jul 05, 2002 at 00:00
Friday, Jul 05, 2002 at 00:00
Thanks for that Wendy. I'll have a look at the website.
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Reply By: Old soldier - Thursday, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:00
G'day wendy, Sound like a great trip. Are you more interested in the 4wd off road aspect - or want to
check out the "must see" touris sites ?? From a tourist point of view I would definitely stop at
Etty Bay,
Mission beach and
Cardwell on the way to Townsville. this will give you your fill of tropical palms and beaches etc. Pop down to Mackay before truning inland. Have a look at the Whitsundays [magnificent] the sugar industry round Mackay, and the fabulous rainforest in
Eungella NP. Then crack back north again, head inland through Charters Towers through to
Cloncurry -
check out the RFDS museum. Down to
Winton [
home of Waltzing Matilda] and on to
Longreach where the Stockmans Hall of fame and the Qantas museum are definite "musts". Depending on your route
home to the west you have several options from
Longreach, but your should really take in
Carnarvon Gorge NP if you can - nothing like it anywhere in the world. Down to
Roma and the Oil and gas museum and a decision [east or east]. East to
Toowoomba,
Brisbane and the coast. West to
Birdsville and the channel country. What delicious decisions. I'll hand you on to somebody else to take it from here :) Enjoy.
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Reply By: Peter Cosh - Thursday, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:00
Wendy, you could try
Carnarvon Gorge, north of
Roma and
Injune (south of
Rolleston). We've just returned from there and it is
well worth a visit. We spent 3 full days there (4 nights) and found plenty to see and do to fill in the time. Try www.takarakka.com.au/ for more info. This is were we stayed. Of course, there are plenty of other worthwhile
places such as Fraser Island, which is popular and has been discussed before on this
forum. Access by barge from
Inskip Point,
Rainbow Bay or from River Heads just south of
Hervey Bay.
Lawn Hill gorge at Boodjamulla National Park 250km north west of Mt Isa is also a good spot but may be a little out of your suggested path. Just a few suggestions. Sounds like a great trip. Cheers.
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Follow Up By: Peter Cosh - Thursday, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:00
Thursday, Jul 04, 2002 at 00:00
Also, "Old Soldier" must have posted just before
mine, there are some good suggestions in his post, like the Whitsundays, especially if you can see your way clear to hiring a "bare boat" charter (also depends on how many are travelling in your group), but this is a great way to see the
Whitsunday Islands.
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Reply By: Nigel - Saturday, Jul 06, 2002 at 00:00
Saturday, Jul 06, 2002 at 00:00
If you want some R&R at a
nice beach then
Mission Beach is the place to go. Further south Paluma is worth a look if you have time and then take a back road into Townsville.
Around
Rockhampton there's lots to do.
Byfield state forest has nice camping and close to
Byfield national park (if you like lots of sand). Blackdown tablelands is worth a look and then Carnavon
Gorge and the rest of the park could take up some time.
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Reply By: Dave - Sunday, Jul 07, 2002 at 00:00
Sunday, Jul 07, 2002 at 00:00
Hi wendy, my wife and i and sister inlaw and her husband are planning the same trip leaving
Adelaide mid Jan and stopping in
Perth with family for a couple of weeks so if you happen to come across a blue Patrol & blue Pajero towing camper trailers as
well , pull us up for a chat, who knows we might be able to swap some ideas , Happy motoring .......Regards Dave & Barb
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Follow Up By: Wendy Rayner - Sunday, Jul 07, 2002 at 00:00
Sunday, Jul 07, 2002 at 00:00
Thanks Dave, yes, would be great to see you and swap notes. Sounds like you'll be in the same
places as us at roughly the same time. Can you tell us what kind of camper trailers you are towing ?. We were initially looking at the Heaslip (made in
Adelaide) - it's a nice unit. Please feel free to contact us and keep in touch via our email address rcspatch@bigpond.com.
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Reply By: Wendy & Steve - Sunday, Jul 07, 2002 at 00:00
Sunday, Jul 07, 2002 at 00:00
Thanks to everyone for the great responses. We've taken notes and will incorporate as many of these spots as possible into our trip (our research must have been reasonably good as we already have a lot of them on the list :-) - Regards, Wendy Rayner.
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