Inland Way To Cairns

[expanda]

Gday all, will be travelling up the inlandy way to cairns in a little bit and wanted to find out from others if there is any good spots to stop along the way?

Will be stopping for about 4 hours each day so have a bit of time on our hands.

Any info appreciated.....

 

[Holden_man]

Hi expanda,
Must do's I reckon are,
- qantas museum (Longreach)
- lark Quary Winton (dinosaurs)
- Age of Dinosaurs (winton)
- undara lava tubes (Undara) stay a couple days if you can.
- kronosaurus Corner (Richmond)
- hartleys croc farm
- daintree
- cooktown
Just a couple ideas of things to see in Qld.

jas

 

[expanda]

Cheers for that, it should keep me busy investigating things !!!

 

[chartrock]

Great spots from Holden Man but they wont fit in with your timetable, most of them would require more than a 4 hour stop to appreciate them.

 

[drewy]

Kronosaurus Korner looks fantastic on the web site, we'll be going right past that in May and I know a little boy who will love that (not to mention his old man). Will have to check out the Lava Tubes as well! Thanks for the heads up!

Drewy

 

[Holden_man]

Hi Drewy,
Yep it was a highlight, Kronosaurus Corner is a very high quality display, not what you would expect from a little town in the middle of nowhere. It's a real credit to Richmond. At undara we stayed in the rail carriages (pre panda) which was a great experience. Take a good led torch each for the tunnels.

Jas

 

[BTS]

Hi Expanda

We actually did this trip September / October 2012 the way we went was;

-Sydney
-Lightning Ridge
-Longreach
-Winton
-Richmond
-Hughenden
-Porcupine Gorge
-Undara Volcanic Park
-Cape Tribulation
-Cooktown
-Airlie Beach
-Tewantin (Family member there)
-South West Rocks
-Sydney

If you are interested pls PM me and I will send you are full itinerary with the details of the free camp sites where we stayed and activates and tours etc.

Cheers
BTS

 

[golivers travels]

Hi Expanda
It may be bit out of your way but Gregory River and Lawn Hill National Park are spectacular.
Other recommendations:
Cunamulla - Cunamulla Man
Barcadine - Tree of Knowledge, steeped in history. Also free camp at Lord Jones Weir
Canarvon gorge
Z bend out of Hughendon
Atherton Tablelands and surrounds
Cape Trib
Cooktown, Endeavour Falls
Mossman Gorge

 

[expanda]

Hi Drewy,
Yep it was a highlight, Kronosaurus Corner is a very high quality display, not what you would expect from a little town in the middle of nowhere. It's a real credit to Richmond. At undara we stayed in the rail carriages (pre panda) which was a great experience. Take a good led torch each for the tunnels.

Jas

Interesting the kids are excited about this one !

Great spots from Holden Man but they wont fit in with your timetable, most of them would require more than a 4 hour stop to appreciate them.

Hmm ok, we we are probably going to have more like 6 hours free over the day.

Will be stopped between 10am and 4pm so yes not the most amount of time but a whirlwind at least !

Kronosaurus Korner looks fantastic on the web site, we'll be going right past that in May and I know a little boy who will love that (not to mention his old man). Will have to check out the Lava Tubes as well! Thanks for the heads up!

Drewy

We won't be far behind you !!

Hi Expanda

We actually did this trip September / October 2012 the way we went was;

-Sydney
-Lightning Ridge
-Longreach
-Winton
-Richmond
-Hughenden
-Porcupine Gorge
-Undara Volcanic Park
-Cape Tribulation
-Cooktown
-Airlie Beach
-Tewantin (Family member there)
-South West Rocks
-Sydney

If you are interested pls PM me and I will send you are full itinerary with the details of the free camp sites where we stayed and activates and tours etc.

Cheers
BTS

Sounds like a great trip, ill shoot you a pm !

Hi Expanda
It may be bit out of your way but Gregory River and Lawn Hill National Park are spectacular.
Other recommendations:
Cunamulla - Cunamulla Man
Barcadine - Tree of Knowledge, steeped in history. Also free camp at Lord Jones Weir
Canarvon gorge
Z bend out of Hughendon
Atherton Tablelands and surrounds
Cape Trib
Cooktown, Endeavour Falls
Mossman Gorge

Just had a look Gregory River is that the one at Airlie?

If so we are going there after Carin as well so if thats where it is then ill chuck it on the list !!!

Mossman gorge to we are going there definetly that's on the list!

Cheers for the other recommendations Ill chuck them on the map and see what I come up with

Sounds like its going to be busy getting there!!!

 

[golivers travels]

Expanda
Gregory River at Gregory Downs on the way into Lawn Hill.

 

[expanda]

Expanda
Gregory River at Gregory Downs on the way into Lawn Hill.

Okay bummer !!!

Google is not my friend today!!

 

[golivers travels]

Also
Paranella Park out if Innisfail is well worth a visit

 

[Holden_man]

Hi Ex, Are you able to include longreach or is it a bit out of your way, the Qantas Museum is very good, you can see the 747's tail pretty much before you see longreach. The 747 and 707 is the highlight, but learning about how Qantas started was a real treat. We enjoyed it more than the Stockmans hall of Fame. Boys got a bit bored going through that. Best part of winton was Age of Dinosaurs and Lark Quarry. Links below. The boys still talk of the dinosaurs out there.
http://australianageofdinosaurs.com
http://www.dinosaurtrackways.com.au

Jas

 

[expanda]

Hi Ex, Are you able to include longreach or is it a bit out of your way, the Qantas Museum is very good, you can see the 747's tail pretty much before you see longreach. The 747 and 707 is the highlight, but learning about how Qantas started was a real treat. We enjoyed it more than the Stockmans hall of Fame. Boys got a bit bored going through that. Best part of winton was Age of Dinosaurs and Lark Quarry. Links below. The boys still talk of the dinosaurs out there.
http://australianageofdinosaurs.com
http://www.dinosaurtrackways.com.au

Jas

Probably be just a little to far out of the way...

Emarld > Longreach is 400+ km's

On another note for others that have done it how long is the journey from cooktown / lara to the tip???

Cheers for all information I should have a map to share shortly !!

 

[Brad]

There is so many things to do and see up there as day trips.
From cairns I did a day trip down as far as paronella park then worked out across the Atherton table lands and up till I got level with Cairns and cut back again. The Atherton tablelands is beautiful. Mita Mita falls, the strangler figs, small townships to stroll through.
All just wonderful!!
And then going up has just as many more sites to visit. Very jealous.
Anyway, drop into a hotel and grab a handful of one day tour brochures. You will get a mass of ideas from that.