AAOK Jandowae Accommodation Park - Jandowea

August  5th - 6th

Miles to Jandowae  (110Km) 
Part 9 of our 2021Adventure

Hervey Bay to Jandowae 1703km
Accommodation AAOK Jandowar Accommodation Park
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Cost: $3200 per night Powered Slab site
Camp Fires:  Allowed
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Travelling with: Fiona Ellis

The accommodation

AAOK Jandowae Accommodation Park provides quality accommodation to the traveling public and caravanners for long or short term stays. It also provides budget accommodation for tourists traveling through the Golden West.  There is a shady country caravan park with powered sites and cabins. Our onsite commercial kitchen provides meal packages to the highest standard, including, hot breakfast, takeaway lunch and buffet dinners. An historic C17 steam train located on site is a reminder of Jandowae's past.

Our 2nd last stop of our 3 weeks trip, just a quick overnight at Jandowae. We were hoping to go and see the Jandowae Wool shed, but it was closed, so then we went to check out Jimbour House, but it was closed because they were making a movie there, called ????.

So we went for a wander about the old town, it was sad to see so many shops boarded up, and pubs not opened, at 1:00pm in the afternoon, and when you read the stories of what these towns used to be like.

We went for a drive to visit the Dingo Fence, which is the second-longest man-made structure in the world. This fence was built in the 1880s to prevent dingos from entering the fertile southeast part of the continent and to safeguard the sheep flocks of southern Queensland. It spans a distance of 5,614 kilometers and passes through Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia. In the Western Downs region, the northern end of the Dingo Fence starts between Jandowae and Jimbour and extends through thousands of kilometers of arid land, ending to the west of Eyre Peninsula on the cliffs of the Nullarbor Plains and above the Great Australian Bight.

We then went to see if we could catch a glimpse of Jimbour House, another chance to drive on a dirt road. We were all smiling, but when we arrived, we saw signs saying it was closed due to filming.

Afterward, we headed back to our campsite at Cap where we could start a fire. We did some log chopping, campfire cooking, and sat around the fire to keep warm since the temperature had dropped to 2 degrees that night.

Miles Show Grounds - Miles

August  4th - 5th 

Roma to Miles  (141Km) 
Part 9 of our 2021Adventure

Hervey Bay to Miles 1562km
Accommodation Miles Show Grounds
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Cost: $15.00  per night Unoowered 
Camp Fires:  Allowed
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Travelling with: Fiona Ellis

The accommodation

Camping is available at the Miles Showgrounds for a small fee of $20 for powered sites for caravans/tents for up to 2 people$15/night for un-powered sites. Clean, serviced toilet facilities are available with hot water. Limited kitchen facilities are available for hire. Groups are welcome and catering can be made available at cost. 

Big Rig Tourist Park - Roma

August  2nd - 4th 

Lake Nuga Nuga to Roma  (232Km) 
Part 9 of our 2021Adventure

Hervey Bay to Roma 1330km
Accommodation Big Rig Tourist Park
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Cost: $15.00  per night Unoowered 
Camp Fires:  Allowed
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Travelling with: Fiona Ellis

The accommodation

Big Rig Top Tourist Park provides more than just a few nights of accommodation on your way through Roma. The Caravan Park is central to Roma's main street., 500m from the pubs and restaurants in town, it is adjacent to the Big Rig Information Centre and home to native birds. Roma is no longer just a refuelling stop as more and more  people are enjoying what the town has to offer.

Lake Nuga Nuga National Parks- Near Canarvon

August  1st - 2nd

Carnarvon to Lake Nuga Nuga (115m) 
Part 7 of our 2021Adventure

Hervey Bay to Lake Nuga Nuga 1181km
Accommodation  Lake Nuga Nuga National Parks
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Cost: $6.85  per night Unoowered 
Camp Fires:  Allowed
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Travelling with: Fiona Ellis

The accommodation

It is believed that the lake only formed within the last 160 years, the result of a series of natural events. Heavy rain and flooding of the Brown River filled the existing lake and surrounding swamps, before a scouring flash flood in Moolayember Creek transported large amounts of silt into the vicinity of the lake. When these waters reached the right-angle junction with the Brown River, turbulence caused the deposition of silt to form a natural levee bank at the lake's northern end.

Sandstone Park - Carnarvon

July 28th - August 1st

Springsure to Canarvon (175KM)

Part 7 of our 2021 Adventure

Hervey Bay to Canarvon ( km)

Accommodation:   Sandstone Park Carnarvon 

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Cost

Camp Fires

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Travelling with : Fiona Ellis

The accommodation

Located a short five minute drive from Carnarvon Gorge National Park on sealed roads. Every site has stunning 360 degree views of the surrounding ranges, all sites are drive through and spacious to ensure maximum enjoyment and comfort duering your stay.

Carnarvon Gorge is an oasis in the semi-arid heart of Central Queensland.  Here, towering white sandstone cliffs form a spectacular steep-sided gorge with narrow, vibrantly-coloured and lush side-gorges. Boulder-strewn Carnarvon Creek winds through the gorge. A wealth of cultural and natural heritage lies within this special place. The gorge is home to a range of significant plant and animal species, many of them relics of cooler, wetter times.  Remnant rainforest flourishes in the sheltered side-gorges while endemic Carnarvon fan palms Livistona nitida, ancient cycads, ferns, flowering shrubs and gum trees line the main gorge. Grassy open forest grows on the cliff tops. The park's creeks attract a wide variety of animals including more than 173 species of birds.