Into Queensland

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29^th July 2012

We left Lorella Springs at about 8am and got to Borraloola at about lunchtime. We bought fuel and a little food and filled the water tanks, and had lunch in town. A local aboriginal man came and had a chat with us, told us where he was from and where the water is bad. We called to see if we could book a campsite in Lawn Hill national park, however they were booked out. We camped near the Robinson River, just off a side road. Mike and the boys laid nets for cherubin.





30^th July 2012

Mike retrieved one cherubin from the nets and placed in the freezer for use as bait. Two baby barramundi were in there too and were released. We stopped briefly at the Calvert River crossing, where Mum and Dad flooded their van last time. This time it was no problem, the crossing may have been improved and the water levels are lower. We had lunch near Settlement Creek and Dad found that the bolt on his suspension had sheared so he and Mike replaced it with a spare he had bought at Lorella Springs. A cow kept a close eye on the procedure.



We crossed the border into Queensland (Gulf Savannah region) at 2:30pm and put the watches forward to 3pm. There were attractive blue leafed gums along sections of the road. The Queensland section of road is in worse condition than the NT side, so far. It also has more flies.



We are camped about 19km east of the Hells Gate roadhouse, at a clearing that may have been used for road maintenance vehicles. There is a pond here too. We had a campfire, and cooked corned beef on the fire.

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Comments

[Kerris]

Lawn Hill
Lawn Hill looks beautiful!!

[australianidyll]

It certainly is :)