Diamondtina dev Road

Submitted: Friday, Feb 12, 2010 at 23:47
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I am trying to plot a track from Thylungra and Clifton without going via Bulgroo

Is this bit of the DTDV road prohibited or something because the program keeps sending me the long way around.
Thanks Wayne B
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Reply By: Member - Wayne B (NSW) - Saturday, Feb 13, 2010 at 00:18

Saturday, Feb 13, 2010 at 00:18
Think I have it sorted now. Just had to place a few markers on the track I wanted to use

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Follow Up By: Fab72 - Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 at 00:40

Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 at 00:40
.......and I thought it may have been the incorrect spelling of Diamantina that may have been causing you grief.

Just being a smarty pants...LOL.
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Reply By: furph - Saturday, Feb 13, 2010 at 09:11

Saturday, Feb 13, 2010 at 09:11
Wayne.
From Thylungra/Cifton you are on the main Windorah road.
Bulgroo is N/E of Thylungra.

An interesting diversion is to go from Thylungra across to the Kyabra waterholes (the road goes pretty much opposite the Thy. H/S buildings)

Good camping/fishing at Kyabra. This is the Eromanga road. About 2k. past the waterholes a road turns off and goes N/W through Raymore and on to Keeroongooloo.

This road takes you almost to the H/S, but turns sharp right just before it. This then takes you back to the main road coming out at Tenham.

Being all active station property, leave all gates as you find em (open, open. Closed, close em after you!)
At the moment though, that country would be pretty wet/innundated
furph
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Follow Up By: Member - Wayne B (NSW) - Saturday, Feb 13, 2010 at 10:29

Saturday, Feb 13, 2010 at 10:29
Thank you for that.
Yes I recon the roads would be very wet. We are not going till First Week in May Hope they dry out by them.

Cheers
WB
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Reply By: Outbacktourer - Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 at 08:02

Sunday, Feb 14, 2010 at 08:02
Your GPS is going back to the days before the Railway (which went Quilpie)and the main town in the district to the East was Adavale. The Bulgroo is on what was the main road from Adavale to Stony Point (Windorah). There were a couple of other small settlements along that road that have now disappeared.

That road (and town in the case of Adavale) is like many in the west that died at the whim of the Government pen when development dollars went elsewhere than where the drovers and teamsters initially established them.

A few of those names take me back to "Kings in Grass Castles" by Mary Durak about the Durak's and Costello's who opened up all that country. Thylungra, Ray, Galway, Sth Galway, Tenham and so forth were all associated with them.

OBT
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