Queensland - 7 days for Outback and Beach Trek?
Submitted: Sunday, May 02, 2010 at 12:47
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Dave Ash
Hi all,
I'm planning a 4WD trip starting in
Brisbane and ending in
Brisbane, in that time I have 7 days to hopefully spend a couple of nights camping in the outback and would also a couple of nights campingand sand driving, i.e Fraser or
Rainbow beach. Purpose of the trip (apart from to get away from it all) is to take a younger brother on a trip over from England and show him some of what Australia really has to offer.
I'm almost happy to just get in the 4wd and head west for 2/3 days, and then turning north and then north east to do a circular route back to the coast, i.e. up to Hervey Bay for a jump over to Fraser, some time there before straight down the coast to
Brisbane. So many options and does anyone know of a sensible itinerary? At the moment it looks like
Brisbane towards Gunnamulla but turning off to the Culgoa Floodplain National Park to
camp for a night, next day to then head towards
Eulo and down to the
Currawinya National Park for another
overnight camp. After that I guess we need to head north and then back towards the coast, at this point I'd just take it as it came - is this a crazy idea and have we gone far enough west to reach the true outback?
Any help much appreciated, if you've done a similar trip please do let me know, in the meantime I'll keep looking!
Reply By: Lex M (Brisbane) - Sunday, May 02, 2010 at 12:58
Sunday, May 02, 2010 at 12:58
Suggest you
check the derm.qld.gov.au web site. Some areas of
Currawinya are closed.
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Reply By: Member - Geoff H (QLD) - Monday, May 03, 2010 at 13:44
Monday, May 03, 2010 at 13:44
Depends on your definition of outback some people say
Toowoomba, some say
Quilpie.
I like
Toowoomba as a base for day trips around the Downs,
Goondiwindi and
St George have good fishing spots.
I also like Hervey Bay and Noosa North Shore.
Google up these
places and see what interests you.
Regards
Geoff
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Reply By: dola dave - Monday, May 03, 2010 at 16:00
Monday, May 03, 2010 at 16:00
hi Dave,
Lex is right they have had a lot of rain out there.
- There is good camping on the river at
Eulo.
- The
Toompine Pub is good for a night.
-
Adavale is also interesting place for a change.
Happy camping Dola Dave
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Reply By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Monday, May 03, 2010 at 16:43
Monday, May 03, 2010 at 16:43
Why not follow the
Condamine River from its headwaters at Killarney all the way down to where it crosses the QLD border at
Hebel.
That route was done by an EO member over a long weekend but you could spend more time in doing it. It was also featured on the weekend on Queensland Weekender (Channel 7). Was a very interesting trip.
Basic route to take is as follows
Killarney,
Warwick,
Karara, Leyburn, Brookstead, Cecil Plains,
Dalby,Kogan,
Chinchilla,
Condamine, Meandarra,
Surat,
St George,
Dirranbandi,
Hebel.
Return to
Brisbane via
Dirranbandi, Noondoo,
Thallon,
Nindigully,
Goondiwindi, Millmerran,
Toowoomba, Gatton,
Brisbane.
HTH
Cheers Kev
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Follow Up By: Dave Ash - Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at 18:57
Tuesday, May 04, 2010 at 18:57
Thanks all for the suggestions to research,at the mo I reckon it'll be a combination of the Comdamine river back to
Brisbane over six days or so and then up to noosa heads /
rainbow beach for two or three. Will do some digging
Cheers
Dave
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