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Barcaldine – QLD

We stopped in at Barcaldine for lunch and to checkout the town where my mum was born. We saw the Tree of Knowledge where the Labour Party was formed during a sheerer’s strike in

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Sapphire Caravan Park – QLD

We had a great stay at the caravan park in Sapphire, they were friendly new owners and the park had everything we needed. The number one was a shaded pool to cool down each

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The Gem Fields – QLD

We spent a great 3 days in the Gemfields Sapphire & Rubyvale. We joined an underground mine tour with Heritage Mines, learned to sieve for Sapphires at Pats Gems, tried our hand out on

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Springsure – QLD – Lunch Stop

A good stop from Carnarvon to Emerald is the Springsure Rest area (Virgin Rock). There’s room to park vans, toilets, cool mountains to look at and sometimes a food van. We grabbed some ice-creams,

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Takarakka – Carnarvon Gorge – QLD

While visiting Carnarvon Gorge we stayed at Takarakka Campground for 7 nights. They have power and water sites, flushing toilets, showers, a little shop and outdoor bar. It’s a lovely shady campground that is

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Miles – QLD – Lunch Stop

On our way to Roma we stopped at Miles for morning tea, they have van parking, a dump point, playground, toilets and shaded tables. This caravan stop is just off the main street on

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Chinchilla – Rubern Lagoon – QLD

We stayed at a Hipcamp in Chinchilla called Ruberns Lagoon, there’s powered and unpowered sites, good town water, flushing toilets, showers, free firewood, free washing machines and dryers (yes really). There’s also paddle boats

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Dalby – Lunch stop – QLD

We found a great little playground in Dalby on the way through. It’s on Jimbour St near the school, there’s room to park your van and a toilet block. This playground is pretty new

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