Camping along the Savannah Way
Submitted: Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008 at 19:35
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Member - Michael R (NSW)
Hi,
We will be traveliing the Gulf Savannah from
Darwin to
Cairns and are after some suggestions for campsites along the way. There willl be 8 vehicles involved.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Michael
Reply By: ctaplin - Wednesday, Jun 18, 2008 at 19:55
Reply By: Yabbo1 - Thursday, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:28
Thursday, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:28
Lorella Station is also a nice spot.
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Reply By: Mintabie - Thursday, Jun 19, 2008 at 22:00
Thursday, Jun 19, 2008 at 22:00
Butterfly Springs was truly lovely, we camped with 14ft van on a Triton, however I believe this site is not for extra long campers. There are
toilets and we swam mid-May 07. It is situated within Limmen National
Park and there were both overseas visitors and Aussie campers there. We first camped at
Roper Bar Store
camp-ground and travelled to
Borroloola, spending one night along the
Savannah Way at Butterfly Springs. We also checked out the other '
Lost City' you can drive to, (not the southern one you can fly over) along the way.
After leaving
Borroloola we continued along the
Savannah Way, stopping for the night on the other side of the Robinson River, only because we helped a bloke in strife. All ended
well there, thank goodness. Then we stayed the night at his property before spending the next night at 'Hell's Gate". No fuel now, just
camping.
Travelled through, stopping at
Doomadgee for fuel, the side-tracking towards
Lawn Hill. Unfortunately we then had to spend the night 30 km out of
Doomadgee due to broken axle.
The RACQ came from
Normanton and were fantastic. Carried out temporary repair and we headed off to stay at Adeles Grove.
Good campsite, beautiful gorge at
Lawn Hill, but keep your walking shoes on.
Had to detour to Mt. Isa for more permanent repairs, then travelled to
Normanton via
Cloncurry on the Burke & Wills Developmental Road.
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