Carnarvon National Park
Submitted: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 22:45
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Lynn2
Going to
Carnarvon National Park and staying at Takarakka Bush Resort for a few days so we can explore
Carnarvon Gorge. Has anyone towed a dirt road van into the Salvator Rosa and/or the Mt Moffatt camping areas of the national park? Should we allow more time to also explore these parts of the park? Going in August, what is the weather like at this time of year? Thanks in advance,
Lynn
Reply By: tony - Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 11:07
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 11:07
Hi Lynn, Just spent the 5 days prior to
easter at Takarakka and the facilities are quite good they have an excellent
camp kitchen, the
shop there has a resonable supply of food items if you run out of , the bread is frozen and not cheap.
Carnarvon is very dry at the moment but the walks are excellent if you have the time try and spend at least 4 days there. The weather in August should be dry and fine but cold overnight. Saw one Phoenix off road van into Salvator but the road was fairly rough, I had no worries but I was not towing.
Cheers, Tony
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Reply By: Member - Bruce (San Diego) - Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 17:03
Wednesday, May 12, 2004 at 17:03
Don't forget to take a look at the Macrozamia moorei cycads, some of them would be at least 1000 years old.
The road into Salvador Rosa section can be pretty bad, I used to drive a truck in there many years ago to Cungelella on the Nogoa River and we used to go up into what is now the NP its pretty isolated up there and you would need to be self contained.
If you are into bird watching
Lake Nuga Nuga NP is worth a visit, not too sure how much water is in it now as it was getting low last time we were there a couple of years ago. We camped there for a couple of days and saw no one else.
Another good drive is from Bauhinia Downs south to Expedition NP, Glen Horton Stn and south to
Taroom with
bush camping in the NP.
And if you really want to impress the handbrake you can stay a couple of nights at Planet Downs at about $1500 a night.............
Bruce
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Follow Up By: Lynn2 - Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 04:14
Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 04:14
What's at Planet Downs that it costs $1500 a night??????
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Follow Up By: Member -Bob & Lex (Sydney) - Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 16:04
Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 16:04
There's nothing there worth that sort of money. $695 p.p min 3 nights they are dreamers
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