Towers Camp
Nice breezy spot perched on a hill about 30km east of Stuart Highway. This spot provides campers an opportunity to get a sense of the empty vastness of the Northern Territory. The open woodlands extend to the horizon in three directions. The last camp before I turn left at the Stuart Highway bound for Alice […]
Barkley Homestead Roadhouse
I made it into the NT after having to pull off to the side of the road at the border checkpoint to fill out a covid form. There were all sorts of questions there like…my mother’s maiden name, first pet, make and model of first car and name of best friend at school. I answered […]
Camooweal
Camp Location: Camooweal Lagoon This is my last camp in Qld before entering the NT and another harrowing border crossing. Who are you? Where are you from? Where are you going. Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party. If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to […]
Mount Isa
Mt Isa is an outback regional city. I know some people love to live in places like Mt Isa, but for me it is just another place you would come to for work, very hot and isolated. Having said that I absolutely love the desert landscapes out here. Those Spinifex covered rocky hills with all […]
Corella Dam
This is a stand out camp situated between Cloncurry and Mt Isa. Built in the 50’s by Mary Kathleen Uranium Mine as a water supply for it mining town it is now available for free camping. A man-made oasis in the desert. There are two separate camps. One is closer to the highway and is […]
Cloncurry
Back in civilisation after a week in the bush on the Bourke Development Road between Karumba and Cloncurry. I have mostly decided that I will be turning left when I get to the Stuart Highway intersection in the NT. Winter is really on the run up here and I’m not good with 24+ degree nights. […]
Terry Smith Lookout
A nice quiet highway rest stop, nothing special but clean and spacious. Its called a lookout but I could not see one, it is slightly elevated so you can see some distanct hills. I stayed here a couple of nights because it was queit and had reasonable Internet. I could have stayed longer but the […]
Bourke and Wills Roadhouse
The roadhouse is located about half way between Normanton and Cloncurry. When I arrived, there was a major Camp Draft type of thing in progress. Lots of cowboys and cowgirls, horses, horse floats and comradery amongst the participants. Unfortunately it was members only inside the venue due to covid. It would have been nice to […]
Flinders River Camp
Karumba was the end of the second leg of my ‘Bus 2020 Tour’ and now I drive south towards Cloncurry, Mt I.sa and Camooweal.This is my first camp at Flinders River. A fairly nice spot if only the camp children would teach their adults how to go to the toilet in the bush, I’m sure […]
Karumba Point
Karumba (and the Gulf) were very much a route2020 destination. I thought it would be a fairly quick visit as the forecasts temperatures were all 24s min and 35s max. To my relief the ‘feel like’ temperature in the sea breeze are actually quiet comfortable. The breeze is blowing over waters which are only about […]