Day 8 Sunday 29th June Boodjamulla NP Up at daybreak.....which isn't that early at this time of year. (It gets light just before 7, and the sun doesn't come up until about 30 mins later!). It was quite cool and windy. We took the paddles back at 8am and soon after, set off for the walk to the Upper Gorge lookout. This 7km return walk takes you to the top of the escarpment enabling great views. Once back down from the escarpment, this circular walk goes part o...

Day 7 Saturday 28th June Riversleigh to Lawn Hill (Boodjamulla) (60km) Sure enough, just before dawn, the empty cattle truck came through. Then, about an hour later, it came past again....this time with the beasts on board. We felt that we had a very leisurely start to our day, even a cooked breakfast. Still, we were on the road at 8.45am. (Pack up is much quicker when you can feel your fingers!!) We arrived at Lawn Hill NP just before 10am. Our site was vaca...

Day 6 Friday 27th June Corella Dam to Miyumba Bush Camp (Riversleigh), via Mt Isa ( 345km) This morning it was finger-numbingly cold, but got a little warmer once the sun was properly 'up'. The lake looked good in the morning light with great reflections of the caravans camped there. We were on the road by 7.50 am we passed a roadside free camp which was packed with caravans....not our sort of camping at all. It looked pretty bad, in fact. We had breakfast i...

Day 5 Thursday 26th June Bladensburg NP to Corella Dam via Cloncurry. (420km) Woke up just before dawn...neither of us having slept well!! It was a lovely, crisp, clear morning. We were on our way by 7.50 am. The Ranger didn't come around so we unable to pay for our camping, and judging by the lack of permits on other campers vehicles, we weren't the only ones. Loads of 'roos to avoid on the way out of the NP. We didn't stop in Winton....this being another plac...

Day 4 Wednesday 25th June Welford NP to Bladensburg NP (450 km) The sky cleared in the night and it was a beautifully sunny day today.....much warmer too. We got up just around dawn. The river looked lovely in the morning light and there were lots of budgerigars around. We lit another fire and had a cooked breakfast and a wash!! The other camper stopped by to say "hello" on his way out. We were on our way by 9am and as we crossed the clay pans we had to avoid d...