BFN

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Hi All
in civilization again after a few days in the back of BFN. Or Lawn Hill National Park up near Burketown in the Gulf, and what an amazing place it was. Here we are in red dirt hell, dry dusty and sparse vegetation nothing but emus and kangaroos and loads of nothing and sooooooooooooo many kms of red dirt roads and then LAWN HILL. It's an absolute oasis, a spring fed water source flowing through towering red cliffs that forms a gorge about 6kms long. There are pristine water falls and gorgeous spots to swim and bask in the 30 deg heat and walks to the top of the gorge that afford spectacular views. A little paradise. The only draw back was no open fires but I learned to cope.
From here it was up to check out Burketown after a fun water crossing. Sorry Pete and Barb, but we all decided you need a medal for living up there, definitely would not be our first choice of spots to stay.
On to Normanton - grey nomad central- where the purple pub with its neon lights and delicious Barra proved a big hit. All travelers are doin fine and even Julie and Craig are turning into seasoned campers with record set up times. Bushy's camper has had a few hiccups but all in all pretty good considering the amount of kms traveled and the road conditions. We are now at Mt Surprise an small place near the Undarra Lava tubes and soon we will be heading north to the cape.
Will keep you posted.
Cheers from all the BFN Tour gang.

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Comments

[Navy Dave]

First
First comment! Woo looks like you are having a blast, there was a slight fall of snow in goulburn today :(

[Leeroy]

yeah having a ball beats being in the snow down your way. Hope your course is going well.

[Das]

Gee you are so good at this- It looks fabulous!

[Melita]

Cooee cobbers
Lawn Hill looks absolutely fabulousthough that couldn't really be the anme of your blog - gross!! I hope this conveys my email if not I'll ring it in. I just realised that the links are stripped so I won't bother with the home email address but I haven't been accessing anything at home anyway as Phil took some of the computer bits with him when he went up the coast. Such a long week...... so pleased to get your blog from Joshua Wynton. Please take care - you've done your "by the law of averages now" with the raod train, the boar and the bulldust! Our news? Wease and I are catching up with Richard and Warwick Face tomorrow with their respective spouses and Wazza's twins. We're meeting down at the Quay overlooking the Harbour so hey you travellers don't have all the scenic spots!!! Phil staying with Lex on the central coast as she had her wisdom teeth out and is not a happy vegemite! Meantime I'm trying to increase fitness level by walking to and from Sydenham railway station! Very cool here I'm going to head off home soon. I turned the fridge off last night as it is definitely on the way out. Problem is the space - I don't really get to select based on preference, energy efficiency or recommendation it's more to do with what fits. Ahh such mundane conversations for those who are probably discussing where to go tomorrow. How were the lava tubes? How's the driving coming along Cal? Lots of love to all ta ta for now Melita xx

[Maree D]

July 14th Post
Glad you are all having "fun". Impressive journalistic skills Leeroy! Maybe it's not too late to retrain as an English teacher! Love the photos! Keep us up to date with your experiences. Wish we we were there!