We were up early and having breakfast so that we could hit the road by about 7 am. We continued into the park and climbed up the side of the ridge before driving along the top of the ridge for quite awhile. After we found the main campsite with a map we decided to backtrack a bit and drop in and see the other camp sites and lookouts. The road was signed "No trailers" and it certainly got steep in a couple places. The Blute traction control came into play a few times but got up the hills with no worries.
After we left the national park we dropped into the little town of Bilburin and had quite a delicious milk shake. Then it was south to Monto to refuel and have lunch. Shockingly over this leg of the trip Shane's patrol used marginally less fuel the Blute. The Blute fuel economy was up around 15.3 l/100 Kms. This included lots of off road stuff like steep and rocky tracks, sandy tracks and mud, and since it was carrying at least half a ton of camper and gear I guess I can't complain too much.
From Monto we headed south and east before stopping off for a look at an old copper mine in Mount Perry, where the temperature was up around 37 degrees.
After we left the national park we dropped into the little town of Bilburin and had quite a delicious milk shake. Then it was south to Monto to refuel and have lunch. Shockingly over this leg of the trip Shane's patrol used marginally less fuel the Blute. The Blute fuel economy was up around 15.3 l/100 Kms. This included lots of off road stuff like steep and rocky tracks, sandy tracks and mud, and since it was carrying at least half a ton of camper and gear I guess I can't complain too much.
From Monto we headed south and east before stopping off for a look at an old copper mine in Mount Perry, where the temperature was up around 37 degrees.
We then decided to stay at a spot called Lake Paradise which was located on the side of a dam, but when we got there it was pretty hot and exposed.
So we decided to continue on, ending a bit further south at a place called Chowey's Bridge which is an out of the way picnic stop at an old Qld railway bridge.
Shane went for a swim in the water in the creek below the bridge but I didn't like the idea of the walk and climb to get down there.
We had the place to ourselves so we set up camp for the evening with the plan to head home in the morning. All up we did about 310 Kms today.
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