DRIVING TO QUEENSLAND ROAD TRIP AUSTRALIA
ROAD TRIP TOWNSVILLE
AUSTRALIA DAY ONE
Solo road trip to Queensland via New South Wales from Victoria. Driving a Mustang GT 2017 6 speed manual.
Glenrowan
Take a rest break and refill the car in Glenrowan. A popular rest spot for those travelling on the Hume Freeway 235 km from Melbourne. In the township of Glenrowan, off the highway, tourists can rest and look at the famous Ned Kelly siege sites. Glenrowan Bakery pies are tasty.
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Drive Glenrowan Victoria to Albury NSW 90 km.
Overnight stay in Albury.
Albury to Gundagai NSW 180 km.
Stop by The Dog on the Tuckerbox. Approximately eight kilometres from Gundagai. An Australian historical monument and tourist attraction. Located on the Hume Freeway. There are truck/car food and fuel service centres. Also home to the Big Koala statue. Not to be confused with the Big Koala on the Western Highway in Victoria.
Drive 250 km to Parkes home of 'The Dish' Parkes Observatory. Visitors centre and gift shop. Hosts the annual Elvis Festival in January. Elvis is in the building. Look-a-likes all around town. Rockin' n' rollin.
Drive 155 km from Parkes to Bathurst. Home of the famous Mount Panorama motor racing circuit. Drive over the following days to GOONDIWINDI a rural town in Queensland, Australia. On the border of Queensland and New South Wales. 360 km west of Brisbane.
Goondiwindi Road Trip Australia
The town has a population of over six thousand people. Home of the famous racehorse "The Goondiwindi Grey" Gunsynd. The horse won the 1971 Epsom Handicap and the 1972 Cox Plate. Placed third in the 1972 Melbourne Cup.
Goondiwindi to Rockhampton. 800 km. Very small towns along the Leichhardt Highway. Mostly trucks. Very few service stations sell 98 octane petrol. Visit Mount Archer. Six hundred metres above sea level. Eight km from Rockhampton and offers excellent views. Short walkway and has an elevated board walk viewing platform. Views of Rockhampton and Fitzroy River.
Rockhampton Road Trip Australia
An inland city. Indigenous teenagers were jumping off the Fitzroy Bridge into the water to cool off. Although few in number, saltwater crocodiles do inhabit the Fitzroy River.
The Koorana Crocodile Farm is interesting. Located in Rockhampton. Hold a baby crocodile and try a crocodile steak. Better to eat a croc than the other way around. The city seems to get higher day temperature's than surrounding area's likely because it's inland from the coast.
The tropical coastal town of Yeppoon Qld is 25 minutes drive further on from Rockhampton.
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PARKES FIVE DAY FORECAST
ROCKHAMPTON FIVE DAY FORECAST
ROAD TRIP AUSTRALIA
"The Goondiwindi Grey" Gunsynd.
ROCKHAMPTON CROCODILE FARM
SMALLER CROC
MOUNT ARCHER & FITZROY RIVER ROCKHAMPTON
