Day 9 Monday 30th June Boodjamulla NP Another cold morning.....it is unusual to be this cold so far north, and it definitely wasn't the case the last time we came here....but it was early June then. Nevertheless the cold morning meant that we didn't need to set off very early for our walk, in order to avoid the heat! Today we had a pleasant walk through the creek vegetation and then climbed to the top of the Island Stack. Once at the top there were scenic vi...

Day 8 Sunday 29th June Boodjamulla NP Up at daybreak.....which isn't that early at this time of year. (It gets light just before 7, and the sun doesn't come up until about 30 mins later!). It was quite cool and windy. We took the paddles back at 8am and soon after, set off for the walk to the Upper Gorge lookout. This 7km return walk takes you to the top of the escarpment enabling great views. Once back down from the escarpment, this circular walk goes part o...

Day 7 Saturday 28th June Riversleigh to Lawn Hill (Boodjamulla) (60km) Sure enough, just before dawn, the empty cattle truck came through. Then, about an hour later, it came past again....this time with the beasts on board. We felt that we had a very leisurely start to our day, even a cooked breakfast. Still, we were on the road at 8.45am. (Pack up is much quicker when you can feel your fingers!!) We arrived at Lawn Hill NP just before 10am. Our site was vaca...

Day 6 Friday 27th June Corella Dam to Miyumba Bush Camp (Riversleigh), via Mt Isa ( 345km) This morning it was finger-numbingly cold, but got a little warmer once the sun was properly 'up'. The lake looked good in the morning light with great reflections of the caravans camped there. We were on the road by 7.50 am we passed a roadside free camp which was packed with caravans....not our sort of camping at all. It looked pretty bad, in fact. We had breakfast i...