Lakefield National Park
Earlier this week, Jenn & I made the trek into Lakefield National Park for a quick camping and fishing trip. Lakefield is one of Queensland's most remote and magnificent national parks. Lakefield's outstanding feature is a vast river system creating the wetlands area of permanent waterholes, lakes and lagoons for which the park is particularly renowned. In the wet season, →
Stannary Hills & Irvinebank
Jack took us out for a day trip to visit the historic areas of Stannry Hills & Irvinebank. Stannary Hills was a tin-mining town in the Herberton minerals area, 30 km west of Atherton and 12 km north of Irvinebank. In 1884 tin deposits were found at Eureka Creek, and a mining town named Eureka was formed by 1888. It was later →
Elim Beach – April 2010
Four couples away for the Anzac Day long weekend in one of the most spectacular sand dune environments on Cape York. The scenery is breathtaking! Last time we visited Elim Beach was in June 2009 and we camped on the beach itself. This time we decided to stay in Eddie's campgrounds which are to the right when you drive down the →
Cape York Holiday
My girlfriend and I have just returned from a week at Chilli Beach, Portland Roads and Lockhart River which are part of the Iron Range National Park in Cape York. Photos here- http://www.ozmatrix.com/gallery/v/holidays/cape09Highly recommended destination!Qld Parks & Wildlife InformationIron Range National Park is a remote scenic park situated on far northern Cape York Peninsula. It is a coastal park with long sweeping →
Bloomfield
Jenn, Shean, Mette & I spent the weekend up at Bloomfield which is located about three and a half hours north of Cairns on the "coast road". We stayed at a fantastic spot called Hayley's Cabins and Campgrounds - http://www.bloomfieldcabins.com.au. Photos here - http://ozmatrix.com/gallery/v/camping/bloomjul09.
Elim Beach
Jenn and I took advantage of the Queen's birthday long weekend to head north up to Elim Beach which is located north of the Hopevale Aboriginal Community in Far North Queensland. Joining us on this trip were four other cars including a Rav4, Discovery 3 & two Landcruisers. Between all of us, there was ample food, water, camping & recovery equipment →
Mount Mulligan & Kondaparinga
I took the Prado on a day trip to Mount Mulligan & Kondaparinga Stations with the in-laws on the weekend. Photos here - http://www.ozmatrix.com/gallery/v/outandabout/mmk Mount Mulligan was a mining town in northern Queensland, Australia, the site of Queensland's worst mining disaster. A railway connected Mount Mulligan with Dimbulah on the Chillagoe Railway. It opened on 7 April, 1915 and was officially closed in January, →
Prado | Coast road to Cooktown
I finally received my "new" four wheel drive on Friday that I had purchased ex-Sydney so Jenn and I travelled the "coast road" up to Cooktown on the weekend. Photos here - http://ozmatrix.com/gallery/v/outandabout/crcook09