August 2025
Drove to Yaraka located in the Longreach Region approximately 100klm south of Isiford is a quaint little town which now has a population of approximately 6 people, but you can fuel up here.
Next stop – Idalia National Park, approximately 102klms south-west of Blackhall, 893klms west of Brisbane, it has approximately 144000 hectares of mulga lands & is home to many distinctly Australian species of flora & fauna. We camped up at the Monk’s Tank campground which has scattered firepits & a drop toilet, we took a drive up to Emmet Pocket Lookout – WOW!
Next night we camped up on the Barcoo River, a roadside rest stop then drove into Tambo, had a coffee & found Potoooooooo – a wooden carved replica of an amazing race horse. Camped up the following night on a stock route camp & a farmer was feeding his cattle there the next morning (after we had 12mls of rain)….hahah.
Because of the rain, the driveway to Plevna Downs (our new home) was rather wet – lotz of black soil, so we were advised to spend a night in Augathella, we camped up on the Warrego River.
our camp
old stock yards
A good part of the track into Monks campground.
lotz of ‘skippies’
an old steam driven engine….
Camped up o/n on Barcoo River
lotz of roadtrains but slept good
Potoooooooo – an amazing race horse.
camped up on a stock route camp
a farmer was feeding his cattle on the buffel grass along the stock route
we had to share the road to Augathella..
but they were cute
Augathella camping on the Warrego River – heaps of available camps, some with water & toilet & cold showers available – $10 a night.
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