to do and to see
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hi all going north mid july via
cobar,
bourke,
barcaldine,
winton,
hughenden, twnsville.any clues on must see and must do on this route,just two of us,no kids.
Reply By: Stu & "Bob" - Sunday, May 04, 2008 at 20:56
Sunday, May 04, 2008 at 20:56
The new
Cobar open cut
mine just outside
Cobar, there is a viewing platform on the
hill next to the water treatment works.
The tree of Knowledge (now dead, some #$%^ poisoned it) in
Barcaldine. All the streets in
Barcaldine are named after trees, FYI.
Stockman's Hall of Fame and Qantas museum in
Longreach. All the streets in
Longreach are named after birds.
Lark quarry dinosaur tracks out of
Winton, Corfield and Fitzmaurice store, Elderslie St
Winton, Open air movie theatre. All the streets in
Winton are named after the local Stations.
Porcupine
Gorge north of
Hughenden on the Lynd road, dinosaur stuff there too. Undara Lava tubes around there too (3 hrs north).
Old Gold mining town of Charters Towers, good for a wander around,
check in the
information centre.
Castle Hill in
Townsville, good view from the top, museum of the tropical North.
HTH
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Reply By: MEMBER - Darian (SA) - Monday, May 05, 2008 at 09:36
Monday, May 05, 2008 at 09:36
Covered most of that area last year - we loved the QLD outback -
the feature for us was the dinosaur triangle (
Winton -
Richmond - Hughendon)......
Lark Quarry out of
Winton was fabulous - the bush poet in the The Matilda Country Tourist Park at
Winton makes that the only place to stay IMO.
Thoroughly recommend visiting the dinosaur museums at
Richmond and
Hughenden - ask the staff in those
places about where you can fossick for a few fossils of your own - there are some spots where this can be done (but not containing the 'world beating' fossils of course :-o). Re
Townsville - highlights for us were the
lookout in the middle of the town, the tropical aquarium, the fabulous esplanade playground / leisure park (kilometers long - amazing) - we stayed in a caravan park on the esplanade looking out onto Magnetic Island - also excellent.
Stockman's Hall of Fame and Qantas museum in
Longreach also
well worth the $ for us.
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Reply By: wendys - Monday, May 05, 2008 at 16:32
Monday, May 05, 2008 at 16:32
If you can do dirt roads, recommend detour NW from
Bourke through
Hungerford to
camp in
Currawinya Nat park. Kidman's
Camp at
north Bourke is best place to stay at
Bourke i.e. out of town.
Opalton, about 120km south of
Winton is
well worth a visit - can
camp (no frills) and fossick for opal in old mullock heaps - the old timers left a lot of good stuff behind.
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Reply By: wendys - Monday, May 05, 2008 at 16:34
Monday, May 05, 2008 at 16:34
If you can do dirt roads, recommend detour NW from
Bourke through
Hungerford to
camp in
Currawinya Nat park. Kidman's
Camp at
north Bourke is best place to stay at
Bourke i.e. out of town.
Opalton, about 120km south of
Winton is
well worth a visit - can
camp (no frills) and fossick for opal in old mullock heaps - the old timers left a lot of good stuff behind.
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