Howdy all, just got in last night from 2 weeks away. Had a blast! Attended the 4WD Qld Country Meeting at the Corroboree held at
Finch Hatton via Mackay on the May Day weekend, drove some beautiful tracks in the Crediton Forest, The
Eungella Range and the
Denham Range, 3 days in
Airlie Beach where it rained almost constantly, battled 2-3 metre seas to swim on the reef 30
miles out to sea on the Cruise Whitsundays day trip, drove out to
Winton in west Qld and then the corrugated
Jundah Rd to Lark Quarry where the Dinosaur Trackways are, visited the Matilda Centre, met bush poet
Milton Taylor and was enthralled with his yarns, visited the QANTAS museum and Stockmans Hall of Fame at
Longreach, paid for a new battery and alternator rebuild in
Longreach, drove through many more towns that had much to offer, but sadly we hadn't enough time so have decided that the next trip we will be backtracking up the roads we just came home on and spending more time at each town.
FREE PLUGS!!!!
We stayed mostly at caravan parks but also a couple of free sites...
Macrossan Park, 22 k's east of Charters Towers, on the banks of the Burdekin River
Morven Rec Grounds, turn off the main highway as you go through
Morven, excellent amenities
Caravan Parks...
Andergrove Caravan
Park in Mackay, excellent
park!
Matilda C/P in
Winton, excellent
park
Gunnadoo C/P in
Longreach
Also Lake Monduran near
Gin Gin, a beautiful place to
camp.
And also a FREE PLUG to O'Brien's Garage in
Longreach, I arrived after 4pm Monday with electrical problems and they tried their best to sort it out on
the spot. With a faulty alternator being the culprit, obviously I had to return. They got me in first up Tuesday, the auto sparky that did the job even getting to work 1/2 hr early to try to get us going that little bit quicker. Great service and a great bunch of guys!!
Many thanks!!!