We decided overnight that today we would return to Lappa, say hello to the old guy (look whose talking) at the Lappa Train Station pub and drive the old railway trail otherwise known as the Lappa-Mt Garnett Road. Why, becuase we would like to get a better photograph of the cuttings and culverts constructed to flatten the train route.

But before leaving Chillagoe we took a short drive (15km) West to one of the many interesting rock formations in the area. This one is known as The Arches. It is a limestone structure formed on an acient sea-bed that has been uplifted and tilted 90° and then weathered to form verticle ribbed spires. Being limestone water has, over the years, carved out caverns. The entertainment for tourists is to walk through the caverns.

On the return to Chillagoe we stopped at the remains of the old copper smelter. It is all fenced off so that tourists cannot accidentally fall down one of the many holes/tunnels that seem to be a normal part of an old copper smelter. This smelter was one of the motivations for the extensive private rail network built in this part of Queensland at the turn of the 19th-20th century. Unfortunately the copper and tin deposits that were found here turned out to be small and the flurry of activity died quickly in the early 1900. One of the plaques at the smelter site claimed that although the smelter operated well into the 20th century it never made a profit in any single year.

We returned to Lappa and said "hi" to the gentleman creating an informal museum in the nearby hotel building. He told us that there is a Facebook group for the place that is called Friends of Lappa Junction

There after we headed back down the trail towards Mt Garnett and found a place just off the road to camp.