RV TRAVEL
COBBOLD GORGE
Cobbold Gorge is a 6km long chasm cleaved into
a sandstone plateau on Robin Hood Station.
Four-wheel-driving fossickers can venture to
Agate Creek for the day; others can take a tour
of this working outback station. We loved it and
thought the 170km unsealed side trip was worth
the effort.
Back on the narrow bitumen of the Gulf
Developmental Road, there is the historic gold
rush town of Croydon, then Normanton with
its Gulflander Train Station, Karumba and then
Burketown, the “barramundi capital of the world”.
Our favourite stops along this section included
the nostalgic Leichhardt Lagoon Camping Park.
BOODJAMULLA NATIONAL PARK
Our camper trailer had served us well so far, and
it continued to do so on the unsealed 420km side
tour to Boodjamulla National Park. We stayed at
Adels Grove, which was excellent. The national
park campground is also outstanding with
immediate access to stupendous Lawn Hill Creek.
Boodjamulla NP access road
Cobbold Gorge.
EAST TO BORROLOOLA
Back on the Savannah Way, it was a bumpy, dusty
ride to Borroloola. Note that Kingfisher Camp,
a great spot between Adels and Doomadgee,
is now closed. Our hope was to venture up the
Nathan River Road to Roper Bar and Mataranka,
but a number of river crossings brought us face
to face with the limitations of our Jayco. It did not
have the necessary clearance or water-tightness
to safely make it through the deeper crossings, so
we opted for the Carpentaria Highway, heading
west to the Stuart at Daly Waters.
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