Lawn Hill to Lorella Springs and then East
Submitted: Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 00:51
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jdpatrol
We will be travelling to
Lawn Hill Gorge, then
Lorella Springs and then east to
Cape York in June. Just wondering which routes we should take.
For
Lawn Hill to
Lorella Springs, Google maps is giving me either Barkly Hwy / Tablelands Hwy (1100km), or Carpentaria Hwy / National Hwy 1 (680km). Then heading from
Lorella Springs to
Normanton, it suggests we go via Barkly Hwy, which seems the long way around. This is a bit confusing.
Any suggestions would be appreciated as to which routes we should take.
Reply By: Member - Greg H (NT) - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 07:35
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 07:35
Where are you coming from?
Would't it be best to go to
Lorella Springs first,
Lawn Hill, then across to the Cape.
Greg
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Follow Up By: jdpatrol - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 08:14
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 08:14
Hi Greg, coming up the
Birdsville Track from
Adelaide, then through Mt Isa. Yeah, could go to Lorella first - if so, can we take Carpentaria Hwy / National Hwy 1 back to
Lawn Hill , and how's the route from
Lawn Hill to
Normanton via
Burketown,
Savannah Way etc. Cheers
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Reply By: Rangiephil - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 09:53
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 09:53
The much shorter way would be via the
Savannah Way from Borrolloola to Hells
Gate etc.
Seeing you are going to
Lorella Springs you must be prepared for a rotten road anyway , because the road from
Borroloola to Lorella is pretty bad most of the time, and the track in from the
Savannah Way to Lorella is usually even worse, unless there has been a BIG change since I was there a couple of years ago.
IMHO a good way to go is North from
Lawn Hill through the station to join the
Savannah way west of Doomagee, then
Savannah Way to
Borroloola, and
Lorella Springs. You can please yourself how to return.
Regards Philip A
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Reply By: Member - eighty matey - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 15:47
Reply By: rumpig - Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 17:25
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 17:25
if it was me doing the trip i'd head to
Lorella Springs first and then along the Savanah Way to
Lawn Hill via Kingfisher
Camp after that, then on to the Cape from there. if time wasn't a major issue, i'd head up to
Mataranka first and come down to
Lorella Springs from that direction, as there's some beautiful
places to stop in at and see along the way from there. we did it in the opposite direction to what i've just said, but i really enjoyed the drive from
Lawn Hill to
Mataranka along the Savanah Way, as the scenery was always changing and we saw some beautiful
places along the way.
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