The united bird alarm clock woke us up at around 5:15 am. Cockatoos, kookaburras, roosters, galahs, etc. so we got up relatively early had some breakfast, packed up and hit the road not long after 7 am. We stopped off at Kroombit dam on the way for some photos and then continued on into Biloela but it was still all closed up. So we continued on to have a look at the Callide dam and power station. We stopped for awhile, had a walk around and took some photos and then decided to take a short cut back to the highway.
The road showed on some of our maps but not others, so we headed off opening and closing gates through various properties as we went. Most of the time we knew where we were going and didn't get too lost. It ended up being an interesting drive and a lot of fun, however it took about 90 mins longer than if we had simply backtracked a little to the main road.
We continued onto Calliope where had some maccas for lunch at the big service station and then headed south to have a look at Turkey Beach. It's an interesting little beach side spot and judging by the car park near the boat ramp everyone in town has a boat and they were all off fishing. There was also a large number of tractors with boat trailers connected up.
We continued onto Calliope where had some maccas for lunch at the big service station and then headed south to have a look at Turkey Beach. It's an interesting little beach side spot and judging by the car park near the boat ramp everyone in town has a boat and they were all off fishing. There was also a large number of tractors with boat trailers connected up.
With no camping or caravan park in town we decided to try and have a look at the Bustard Head Lighthouse but we got half way out only to find the gate access locked but there was also another 20 or so cars with boat trailers parked here. So fishing is very popular.
After a bit of searching round we found the southward road towards Eurimbula national park. All the warning signs were there when they said the road was unmaintained and dry weather only but we couldn't resist. All went fine for awhile as the track was narrow and rutted but pretty easily navigable, then the muddy sections started. We then spent more time on the side tracks going around the mud than we did on the main track and then the side tracks ended up muddy. Several times we had to get out of the cars and plot a course through the least muddy sections. The Blute got quite dirty.
After a bit of searching round we found the southward road towards Eurimbula national park. All the warning signs were there when they said the road was unmaintained and dry weather only but we couldn't resist. All went fine for awhile as the track was narrow and rutted but pretty easily navigable, then the muddy sections started. We then spent more time on the side tracks going around the mud than we did on the main track and then the side tracks ended up muddy. Several times we had to get out of the cars and plot a course through the least muddy sections. The Blute got quite dirty.
This finally joined up to the Eurimbula nat park road and we headed out to Middle Creek camping ground. We got a nice spot on top of the hill which I think was left vacant as that was where all the sand flies were congregating but a little bushmans sorted them out. The weather was fine and clear but it would not have been a good spot if the weather was bad as there was no protection.
A couple of other cars turned up a bit later. We had a fire for the first time on the trip and caught up on what was happening in the world as we had internet again. We ended up doing around 270 Kms for the day but they took a lot longer than they should have after all our detours and supposed shortcuts.
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