Posts From Queensland, Australia


Kangaroo Town (Burketown, Queensland, Australia)

Journal entry for Sunday 6th Aug, 2023 (day 20, kms 122)

This post starts with a photo of the Gregory Pub and a couple of shots of the lower campging area on the lower part of the Gregory River Bank. I was spoiled this morning as the town of Gregory, population 125 (2023 census) has a coffee shop that sells home made pastries as well as the usual range of excellent coffees. As you can imagine the horde of tourists roughing it in the outback flocked to this city conform. I was one of them.

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A Couple of Big Rivers (Hells Gate Roadhouse, Queensland, Australia)

Journal entry for Monday 7th Aug, 2023 (day 21, kms 180)

Going West today we were presented with a couple of noteworthy rivers. The first was the Gregory River which required getting our wheels wet on an interesting curved causeway. The second was the Nicholson River which was just before entering the Aboriginal Town of Doomadgee and was surprisingly wide but the causeway was dry.

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