The start of Week 11 sees us staying 2 nights in the Undara Volcanic NP. The lava tubes can only be seen on guided tours.
Our campsite. Spot the roo in the background.
A rock wallaby
Rather than visit the lava tubes we went on a sunset bat tour. No photos of the bats but they were there in their thousands in one of the tubes flying out to feed.
Great sunsets
View from the rim of a volcanic crater. Like Mt Eden but with bush.
Meant to be a swamp but everything really dry after no significant rain since Feb.
Another lovely sunset
Australian Processionary Caterpillars on the move in the camp. About 60 here.
Weird!
Lead and Copper mining the reason Mount Isa is here.
Population about 20,000.
At Mt Surprise we passed this truck washing site to remove weed seeds.
It was so good we went through 2x. It would be great for motorbikes!
There should be one of these everyday we travel!
Lots of one lane sealed bits of road and big edges to the seal!
A long river bridge and as usual no water at all. The bridges have no sides so the water can flow over them in the floods. It must be bloody spectacular in the wet!
They farm termite mounds out here.
Our campsite at Gilbert River a pull-off on the way to Normanton
These still rumbled past.
Croydon an old gold mining town.
The last pub still standing.
Some great metal sculptures at Croydon.
Lunch spot by the lake.
Looking west from above Croydon. Is that flat or what?
We thought we had it tough in an aircon car. These cyclists were doing the cost to coast Cairns to Karumba - 750kms in 7 days.
Our campsite at Normanton the home of the Barramundi.
Norman River
A model of the biggest croc ever shot - 1957 in the Norman River
Normanton the home of the Savannah train.
Tourist train between Norm. and Croydon.
The next day the cyclists on the last leg Normanton to Karumba on the coast.
Karumba, Norman River mouth and the Gulf of Carpentaria.
If you don't fish then Normanton and Karumba have nothing going for them!
Another great sunset. Plenty of these out here.
Heading south. Another free camp area
The land pretty flat and open now on our way south to Cloncurry.
Very windy on this leg till we turned West to Mount Isa.
Mount Isa a thirsty place.
Population about 20,000.
An underground mining tour was great value.
No photos allowed!!
Tomorrow off further West!!!
Gorgeous sunset photos. I hope that there will be some sunsets for us, too. They are a bit sober where we are just now.
ReplyDeleteGood to see what the roads are like. If you have time please add a few bends to them.
Keep on the watch out for a yellow bike.