Travelling to the Gulf
Submitted: Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:14
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i'machocoholic
Hi all, our trip departure date from
Adelaide has been delayed - just wondering whether if we still head to the gulf and arrive mid September whether we haven't left it too late? We were hoping to have been up there by now but it's not to be. Planning to do
Borroloola, King Ash Bay, around to
Burketown,
Normanton,
Karumba,
Lawn Hill and be up there for around 3-4 weeks after which time we'll go south through central Queensland and NSW. Thanks.
Reply By: The Landy - Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:56
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:56
Personally I don’t think so. We travelled this region in July and there is plenty to see and do in the area, weather will be warming up, but you get to escape the cold down south.
If you have a chance whilst in the area don’t over look Kingfisher
Camp to the north of
Lawn Hill, and if you are at
Borroloola you might even want to have a look at Lorella Springs. We didn’t visit Lorella Springs on this trip, but spoke to a few who had come that way and spoke highly of it.
We wrote a blog on the recent trip and it gives some detail on the
places we visited. Link to blog
Outback Qld & Gulf Savannah
Enjoy, The Landy
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Follow Up By: Bushranger1 - Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010 at 17:35
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010 at 17:35
+1 for Kingfisher
camp. It's great!
We took the track direct North from
Lawn Hill through
Lawn Hill & Bowthorne Stations to Kingfisher. Great way to get there if you take your time.
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Follow Up By: i'machocoholic - Friday, Aug 27, 2010 at 08:18
Friday, Aug 27, 2010 at 08:18
Hi, I have bookmarked your link The Landy, and have had a read - it looks like you had a great trip. Hadn't considered Kingfisher
Camp but will now try and add that in. I'd been trying to get back to Escott as it's the best place I've ever seen stars/falling stars, but see they have now closed to the public unfortunately. Thanks Bushranger1 too for the Kingfisher
camp vote as
well.
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Reply By: Joe Grace Doomadgee - Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010 at 17:43
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010 at 17:43
really depends what you mean by "to late" ...... it will be hotter, the
water holes will be lower and the landscape will be dryer but what do you want to see ????
Feel free to ring us anytime at all and i can give you any info you want, we keep in contact with
Lawn hill and kingfisher often si can fill you in, alway asking the tourists how the roads are also so we can help others who intend to travel up here, ring us at
Doomadgee road house.
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Follow Up By: i'machocoholic - Friday, Aug 27, 2010 at 08:23
Friday, Aug 27, 2010 at 08:23
Hi Joe, I will take you up on the offer to ring, we will also call through as
well and say g'day. I haven't been up that way for many many years and I'm looking forward to the journey :-)
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