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Barden's Great Aussie Adventure 2015
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Location Date Queensland 
1452211200 New South Wales 1452038400 Western Australia 1451260800 Australian Capital Territory 1449964800 Victoria 1448582400 South Australia 1446768000 Northern Territory 1437346800 -
Location Date Coombabah 1452211200 Gladstone 1440284400 Tablelands 1436223600 Worana Bore 1434927600 Mount Isa 1434668400 Normanton 1434582000 Cloncurry 1434582000 Georgetown 1434495600 Forsayth 1434150000 Mount Surprise 1433977200 Innot Hot Springs 1433890800 Rocky Creek 1433631600 Mareeba 1433545200 Helenvale 1433286000 Cooktown 1433199600 Elim Beach 1433113200 Lakefield National Park 1433026800 Canal Creek 1432940400 Punsand Bay 1432767600 Loyalty Beach 1432594800 Eliot Falls 1432422000 Captain Billy Landing 1432335600 Gunshot Creek 1432249200 Weipa
1431990000 Laura 1431903600 Mossman 1431817200 Cairns 1431558000 Wooroonooran National Park 1431471600 Mena Creek 1431385200 Paluma 1431298800 Saunders Beach 1431212400 Bowen 1431126000 Finch Hatton 1431039600 Eungella 1430866800 Mackay 1430694000 Carmila Beach 1430521200 Yaamba 1430348400 Byfield 1430262000 Rockhampton 1430175600 Blackdown Tableland National Park 1430002800 Carnavon Gorge National Park 1429916400 Carnarvon Gorge National Park 1429830000 Injune 1429743600 Gold Coast 1429657200 Bowenville 1429657200 -
Location Date Thu, 21 May 2015 1432207500 Wed, 20 May 2015 1432120860 Tue, 19 May 2015
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We are really noticing how few travellers are here at the moment. We are about 2 weeks ahead of the start of the tourist influx. We had planned on camping at Merluna Station with a lunch stop at the creek north of Coen. We could have camped here and although it was a nice spot we would rather be at the station tonight then drive again tomorrow.
So after 6 hours including the stop we reach the turnoff for Merluna Station only to see a CLOSED FOR PRIVATE FUNCTION SIGN
staked in the middle of the road. We tried contacting them with no luck. We all had enough driving for the day but the next closest camp was Weipa 120km away so on we drove arriving just before the sun began to set.
I was surprised by the number of people here, it is by far the busiest spot we have seen on the cape. The PDR is apparently the best condition it has been in for years and we have definitely found it to be good having a fairly smooth ride. Setting up we found a fair bit of red dust inside the camper.
Weipa is the site of the world's largest bauxite mine which is the the material they use to make aluminum. The amount of aluminum that is produced is one eighth of the amount of bauxite mined. They are shallow mines with bauxite being found only a couple of meters underground so they only mine to about 4m deep.
So after 6 hours including the stop we reach the turnoff for Merluna Station only to see a CLOSED FOR PRIVATE FUNCTION SIGN
staked in the middle of the road. We tried contacting them with no luck. We all had enough driving for the day but the next closest camp was Weipa 120km away so on we drove arriving just before the sun began to set.
I was surprised by the number of people here, it is by far the busiest spot we have seen on the cape. The PDR is apparently the best condition it has been in for years and we have definitely found it to be good having a fairly smooth ride. Setting up we found a fair bit of red dust inside the camper.
Weipa is the site of the world's largest bauxite mine which is the the material they use to make aluminum. The amount of aluminum that is produced is one eighth of the amount of bauxite mined. They are shallow mines with bauxite being found only a couple of meters underground so they only mine to about 4m deep.
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