My goal at this stage was a job cooking at Dingo, an accommodation and full board home stay for roadworkers, railwaymen and a company working on the mines at Dingo and Blackwater. http://www.digthetropic.com.au/places/blackdowntablelandnational.aspx Blackdown Tableland National Park via Blackwater S 23’44.906, E 149’06.561At the north-eastern edge of the Central Queensland sandstone belt, theContinue reading “Dingo Queensland Australia”
Daily Archives: August 27, 2011
Cania Gorge Queensland
I drove south from Biloela towards Monto to see the Gorge. I booked into the caravan park at the entrance for a night and stayed 4 days walking every day. The walks start 900m from the caravan park, and there are many walks one can do and they were all medium level of fitness. IContinue reading “Cania Gorge Queensland”
Mt Hay Queensland
My next stay was at Mt Hay where the thunder eggs are found. There is a cost of $15 for fossicking and for $25 you can also have a mine and factory tour and see how the rocks are cut and polished and how pewter statues are manufactured here at Mt Hay. I haveContinue reading “Mt Hay Queensland”
Mt Morgan Queensland
Mt Morgan was the largest gold mining town in Australia, but now the gold production has stopped, and tours send you to see the gold mining area. The mines were set up in 1882 by the Morgan Brothers and eventually the mines became the town. Today many of the old buildings are still there. TheContinue reading “Mt Morgan Queensland”
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