Passed through Home Hill where they have on street parking for campers with a complete kitchen and showers and then Ayre home of the big python!
Twisted my ankle again at the same time as stubbing my toe on the other foot- no fun here.- Camped at Alligator Creek south of Townsville but very small camp spots and it was raining and I was in pain. not a place I wanted to stay at. After checking out Charters Towers and its history at the lookout we stocked up on supplies and headed off to Fletchers Creek 40kms Nth. I have never seen so many gray nomads, travellers, campervans, caravans in one spot. Free camping will do it though. Our spot was great down the end of the camping area with lots of bushes and shade on either side. Met some lovely people, befriended some dumped roosters, caught very small redclaw and explored the area on our pushies.
Found Dalrymple NP and an awesome spot on the side of the Burdekin River. Off we go! Got truck bogged in sand trying to get to the water and after much digging and letting down of tyres on our way again. An amazing river and camping area - so much to see and a lot of history from around this area. Leichardt the explorer had left his L in a tree near there, the old township of Dalrymple and its cemetary. Also they had started a catholic school out in the bush when the Americans came to Charters Towers to help defend Australia in the battle of the Coral Sea and needed the school building.
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