Porcupine Gorge

Camooweal, Mt Isa, Hughenden & Townsville (25-28 June)

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July 2nd 2010
We left Lorella Springs just after 8 am and headed for Cape Crawford, located at the intersection of the Carpentaria and Tablelands highways. Here we refuelled and headed south to the Barkly Homestead where we thought we might have to spend the night. However, we made good progress on the one-lane sealed Tablelands Highway and it was only 3 pm when we got to the Homestead, so after a brief stop ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more