North Queensland 2018

(Touring the Gulf of Carpentaria, Atherton Tablelands, Cairns and Cooktown)

Banner - On the way home from Birdsville 2017
Morven on the way home from Birdsville in 2017

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Home to Cooktown 3144km
Map of trip from Home to Cooktown - 3150km
North Queensland 2018
18 June
Free camp near Miles
North Queensland 2018
19 June
Rolleston CP
North Queensland 2018
20 June

Barcaldine Showgrounds
       
North Queensland 2018
Barcaldine drinks at the Caravan
North Queensland 2018
M and M
Barcaldine
North Queensland 2018
Barcaldine Tree of
Knowledge at Night
North Queensland 2018
Barcaldine Tree of Knowledge at Night
North Queensland 2018
Longreach -  waiting while Colleen Food shoping
North Queensland 2018
22 June - Walkabout Hotel 'Pub Camping'
North Queensland 2018
Colleen in the Walkabout
Pub main bar
North Queensland 2018
Denis and Mick
 in the Walkabout Hotel
North Queensland 2018
23 June - Normanton Gulfland and Motel CP
North Queensland 2018
Interesting Toilets at the
Gulfland CP
North Queensland 2018
Interesting Dumppoint at the CP. Telstra must love it!
North Queensland 2018
Colleen with Krys - Largest Croc shoot and by a women
North Queensland 2018
On the road near Karumba Point - Day Trip to the Gulf
North Queensland 2018
Denis at Karumba Point
with Gulf in the background
North Queensland 2018
Black Bull Rail Station
East on Normanton
North Queensland 2018
Old Train water tower at Black Bull Rail Station
North Queensland 2018
Lots of Brolgas on the
side of the road
North Queensland
Lots of Wallaby's on the
side of the road.
North Queensland 2018
26 June
Free camp at Croydon

Colleen at the old Police Station in Croydon
North Queensland 2018
27 June - Mt Surprise
Bedrock Village CP
North Queensland 2018
Entrance to
Mt Surprise
North Queensland 2018
Sign giving details on the Kalkani Crater
North Queensland 2018
 Kalkani Crater from the rim looking into the centre
North Queensland 2018
Sign for the Undara Volcanic National Park
North Queensland 2018
Undara Volcanic National Park - Lava Tube
North Queensland 2018
Undara Volcanic National Park - Lava Tube
North Queensland 2018
Undara Volcanic National Park - Lava Tube
North Queensland 2018
Undara Volcanic National Park - Lava Tube
North Queensland 2018
Undara Volcanic National Park - Lava Tube
North Queensland 2018
Savannahlander
Mt Surprise
North Queensland 2018
Details of Signals Radar in
Mt Surprise WW2
North Queensland 2018
Rocky Creek War Memorial Park, Atherton Tablelands
North Queensland 2018
Map of the layout of the 6Div on the Atherton Tablelands in WW2 - Dad was 2/1 Inf Bn, 16 Bde, 6 Div.
North Queensland 2018
Sign marking location 6 Div on the Atherton Tablelands
North Queensland 2018
2/1st Australian Infantry Battalion, Rocky Creek War Memorial Park, Atherton Tablelands
North Queensland 2018
Avenue of Honour honouring the Afghanistan War dead, Atherton Tablelands
North Queensland 2018
Avenue of Honour honouring the Afghanistan War dead, Atherton Tablelands
North Queensland 2018
Avenue of Honour honouring the Afghanistan War dead, Atherton Tablelands
North Queensland 2018
Colleen and the girls at the Rocky Creek War Memorial Park, Atherton Tablelands
North Queensland 2018
4 July - Peninsula CP, Cooktown
North Queensland 2018
Denis at the Lions Den
Hotel near Cooktown
North Queensland 2018
Denis and Colleen having lunch at the Lions Den
North Queensland 2018
Inside the Lions Den Hotel near Cooktown
North Queensland 2018
Black Mountain near Cooktown
North Queensland 2018
Annan River - first crossing before Balck Mountain
North Queensland 2018
Old Lighthouse on Grassy Hill, Cooktown
North Queensland 2018
View looking at Mt Cook from Grassy Hill, Cooktown

North Queensland 2018
View of Cooktown from Grassy Hill, Cooktown
Cooktown to Home 2013km
Map from Cooktown back to Home - 2050km
North Queensland 2018
Some one way Bridges Cooktown and Mareeba
North Queensland 2018
Lookout view between Cooktown and Mareeba
North Queensland 2018
Wild roads up near
Cooktown
North Queensland 2018
Another Jerry Can holder broken caravan back
North Queensland 2018
6 July - Trinty Plains Tourist CP, Mareeba
North Queensland 2018
Lookout view of
Cairns area
North Queensland 2018
M & M on the beach
North of Cairns
North Queensland 2018
9 July - Bluewater RA
Just North of Townsville
North Queensland 2018
10 July - Finch Hatton Showgrounds
North Queensland 2018
Finch Hatton
RSL
North Queensland 2018
11 July - Country Club CP Rockhampton
North Queensland 2018
Go the Maroons
'Queenslander'
North Queensland 2018
12 July - Gladstone Showgrounds
North Queensland 2018
Colleen, Kai and Sharon Lunching at Tannum Sands
North Queensland 2018
Kai and
the Dogs
North Queensland 2018
Army Tank with the caravan in the background
North Queensland 2018
Army Tank at the Caltex Lunch Stop
North Queensland 2018
16 July - Theebine Hotel
'Pub Camping'
North Queensland 2018
Camping at the back of the Theebine Hotel
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