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COMMEMORATIVE
BIKE RIDE ITINERARY
Cloncurry to Dubbo
Saturday
June 7th –
Day 14
Satphone 8pm Diamantina– “We did 104 kms on dirt
yesterday, mainly following the four wheel drive ruts.
Vicki was dumped in the dirt a couple of times.
BBQ and camp tonight with 1700 head of cattle, 25
horses and assorted drovers.
They travel at 11 kms a day
and think we are the mad ones.
The stars are brilliant in a black velvet sky. We
may be in the park for a couple of days
as the area between us and Winton is flooded and
access is currently barred.”
More details and map - Go to Days 15-25
Cycle to
Cross Gum Creek Visit Gum Waterhole, walk up Gum
Creek and bush camp.
Find
out about the Diamantina National park which is near the
three peaks in the map on the right.
Day 13 Thursday 19th
June (Di’s birthday!) 80km
Cycle to Springvale (Dirt)
Cross over Horse, Coolibah
and Spring Creeks
Bush camp outside Springvale station
Day 12
Boulia Wed. "It
rained Tuesday morning while we were still 40 kms
north
of
We removed jammed mud flaps and chiseled the mud
from everywhere.
We had to wait until a cattle truck went past and
were able to ride into
in it's wheel tracks. Left
Three hours in the light and 2 hours in the dark.
The Hotel had organised
dinner & bed for
us and $200 for the Royal Flying Doctors.
Many thanks to them and we are back on
schedule!"
“Three punctures between us so far”
Cycle out to
Cross over 9 Mile and 15 Mile Creeks
Bush camp beside
Day 11
Cycle to Boulia (Bitumen)
On the
Visit ‘peterosaurs’
flying reptiles, Aboriginal spear and shield making,
telegraph station, waddid trees (10km out) and min
min lights. Town camp.
Day 10
Satphone 8pm “We’re camped about
100k’s from Boulia in the middle of nowhere. We
had to take some different roads and are on slow dirt most of the time, so are
on the track from about seven in the morning till 5 at night. One station owner
pulled up in front and wrote a $25 cheque for the
Flying Doctors on the bonnet of his wagon. Sending diary entries Thursday and
photo’s by the weekend hopefully.
Cycle to
Cross
over
Visit
Min Min Hotel Ruins enroute and camp behind
Day 9 
“We
have to keep an eye on the large Brahman
cattle, they seem to be everywhere.”
Cycle
to Middleton (Dirt)
Cross
over and ride beside
Camp
behind Roadhouse
Day 8 Saturday 14th June REST DAY
return walk to
waterholes crossing historic stone pitched overshots
built by Chinese
labour over
Day 7
Cycle
to Kynuna along
Cross
over
Visit
the Blue Heeler Hotel and Waltzing Matilda exhibition
Camp
near pub or in it!
Day 6 
“Many thanks to the
Walkabout Creek Hotel”
Cycle to McKinlay
(21km bitumen, 73km dirt)
(via Longford Plains,Kamerooka and Rutchillo
stations)
Cross over
Pub stay at ‘The
Walkabout Creek Hotel’ Crocodile Dundee
John McKinlay led
the Burke and Wills search party 1861-62.
Find
out about the “Walkabout Creek Hotel”
Day 5
“in Julia
creek 4th day down and bloody hot weather, 30 plus and headwinds
but managing
about 15km an hour.
Watching footy tonight with some horse
guys we met down the track!”
Cycle to
Cross over Fullarton and McKinlay Rivers
First RDFS flight to here, pub accommodation ?
Day 4
“$170 at
Official Start of
Cycle to Oorindi,
Bush Camp at Oorindi Station on railway.
Cross over Williams River
Check out the railway line.
See
previous pictures of Mt. Isa to Oorindi (1983).
Day 3
“driver reviver 70k m out of
Cycle to Cloncurry on the Barkly
Highay (bitumen) via Burke & Wills memorial (43km
before Cloncurry).
Cross over
Visit
RFDS Base,
Day 2
Visit
Riversleigh Fossil Centre, Mt Isa.
Cycle
to Kathleen Ruins,
Cross
over
Day 1 Saturday
7th
June
Arrive Mt Isa. Assemble bikes and trailers, inteviews,
rest!
“Donations from the Flight Hostesses- Kate,
Erin, Anita”
Donations may be sent to:
Outback
Bike
GPO
NSW
2001
Phone
1800 444 788 (Free Call 24 hours)
All donations over $2 are tax-deductible
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