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Roger and Jan Richards Invite 4 vans to join them on this trip
Register for this great trip with the Trip Coordinator tripco@y7mail.com or phone 0419 515 613 full itinerary listed below
The purpose of this trip is to share a casual journey to Queensland with Members who are traveling From down south to Hunting Lodge and Lightning Ridge.
The trip will commence at Mildura then via Broken Hill, Camerons Corner, Inaminka, Betoota, Windora,ending in Kingaroy,two days before Hunting Lodge
Day 1 Thurs 16th Aug Meet at phyce Bendscamp site .number 391,12km SE Mildura overnight camp beside Murray River 588km from Melb
Day 2 Fri 17th Mildura to Silverton aftrenoon free to collect fuel and supplies at Broken Hill 328km
Day 3 Sat 18th, Sun 19th, and day 5 Mon.20th Silverton to Merty Merty 548km
Day 6 Tues 21st Merty Merty to Inaminka overnight camp 434 120km
Day 7 Wed 22nd inaminka to Dig Tree overnight at Dig Tree 71km
Day 8 thurs 23rd Dig tree Via Arrabury to Cordillo Downs 170km
Day 9 Fri 24th Cordillo Downs to Betoota Races Friday night Betoota BBQ and bush dance 174km
Day 10 Sat 25th Betoota horse races .Saturday night entertainment
Day 11 Sun 26th Sunday breakfast supplied if required Betoota to Windorah camp beside Cooper Creek near Windorah 235km
Day 12 Mon 27th Bush camp cooper Creek free day
Day 13 Tues 28th Bush camp Cooper Creek
Day 14 Wed 29th Windorah yabbie races
Day 15 Thurs 30th Windorah to Charlieville Lunch at Quilpie 460km
Day 16 fri 31st Charlieville to Miles 405km
Day 17 Sat 1st Sept Milkes to Kingaroy stay at Kingaroy Big 4 Holiday Park 298km
Day 18 Sun 2nd Sept Kingaroy Winery lunch
Day 19 Mon 3rd sept Free day happy hour at camp Resturant dinner
Day 20 4th Sept End of Trip total 2809km Total from melb 3367km
Five vans including Roger and Jan Richards
Be aware of fruit fly restrictions traveling north
there will be three "long bitumen days" however it will be best to get them over quickly
Broken Hill will be the obvious place to stock up with food and fuel
Most bush camping spots will be selected on the day
The inland track from silverton to Cameron Corner promises to be a very interesting few days.Jan and I have not done this before
Betoota has a population of zero, and Dimantina Shire say it is nicer and quieter than Birdsville races
Windorah yabbie races have a reputation of being great fun
Check Website for the Betoota races and Windorah yabbie races. They promise to be very low key family friendly events
The trip will conclude at kingaroy. There are plenty of attractions , wineries and resturants in the area. This will allow each of us two full days to make our way to Hunting Lodge and do anything else in the area
Make individual journey to Hunting Lodge to arrive by Thursday 6th September Distance 137km
Roger Richards 0419 229 859 rjrholdings@bigpond.com
