Recently I ventured out towards the gulf to Boroloola, a remote town famous for its spectacular fishing and a popular tourist destination. The moon was still up as I left just after sunrise from home.
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The road out is mostly one lane like many of the "highways" here. So you have to keep an eye out for oncoming and over taking traffic and move out onto the gravel verge with enough time to let people by. Sometime the drop off is a bit deep and getting the wheels back on the bitumen can be a bit exciting. The wise traveller pulls completely off for caravans, trucks and road trains. I spent a lot of time off on the gravel so I must be really wise!
On the way I stopped at Cape Crawford a remote stop at the junction of the Carpentaria Highway and Tablelands Highway. Given its name you would expect water, and there was some spraying out over the lush lawns. However Cape Crawford is about 200 kilometres from the ocean. It is named for a drover called Lindsay Crawford. He was a drover and came across the Lost City, in the nearby Abner Ranges in 1880. Apparently the Lost City has towering sandstone formations that look like skyscrapers and are spectacular from a helicopter. (K got me into a plane to fly over the Bungle Bungles in WA. Not sure about helicopters though)
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| Garden area at Cape Crawford NT Old Machinery and the helicopter in the background |
I bought the most delicious sandwich at the Heart Break Hotel. A pleasant surprise given that it was the only choice for lunch for over 300km. Didn't buy diesel however. $2.00 plus per litre!!!!!!!
A Ferg on the Move
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