In spite of a cold morning at Gin Gin, we managed to unfold ourselves from the bedclothes and head for home. It was a quick 310km today along quite good roads. They were really good just south of Gympie.
We were buoyed by both proximity to home and the win by the Maroons last night, so we barely noticed the miles flying by.
As is our practice we provide, in the last blog for the trip, some highlights.
The Dinosaur display in Winton remains high on a must see list, even if dinosaurs don't figure strongly in your interest suite. The site itself and the manner in which displays are presented are worth seeing in their own right. The views from the jump up are really good.
Our main reason for the trip was to see the Lawn Hill Gorge and to travel the Savannah Way between the Burke and Wills Roadhouse and Cairns. The Savannah Way enabled us to expand the gorge focus by including Cobbold and Copperfield Gorges. Tacking on the Mossman and Barron Gorges added to the value. Each has its own qualities which make it unique, so we can simply say we enjoyed them all.
We should not forget the Undara volcanic tubes. Their origin is interesting and their extensiveness most surprising.
Mother nature was at its best in the Barron and Bloomfield waterfalls. The views on the trip up the coast to Cape Tribulation and the beauty of north Queensland's rain forests are memorable. The rain forest and the Barron Falls are well demonstrated in the Skyrail trip from Cairns to Kuranda. This trip would be a must for any visitor.
We were blessed with good weather on the whole. Others have received the message too because the caravan parks were quite full in Cairns and points north, and there were more on the way, passing us as we headed south.
Some technical aspects:
- We travelled a total of 7051 km, 5478.5 km with the anchor (van) attached and 1572.5 km without the van
- We consumed 1380 litres of diesel at an average rate of 19.01l/100km
- The dearest fuel was 149.9c/l at Gregory and the cheapest 118.9c/l at Townsville.
Our trip was quite busy and we must admit we arrived home ready for a couple of days in relaxed mode.
This is the last blog in this series. Where to next? Time will tell.
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