Lunch break on the road to Einasleigh and Copperfield Gorge

From Charters Towers we were always going to head north up towards the Lynd Junction. We thought that we might have a look at the undara larva tubes. Even though they are covered by a national park the only access to the tubes or camping is through the resort. Here it is $60 per adult for a guided tour.

We decided to take a little detour through Einasleigh instead and have a look at the Copperfield gorge. Not a large or grandiose feature but still worth a look - and it is volcanic just like the larva tubes. 🙂

This was our first longish section of gravel road - about 70km. For the first time I let some air out of the tyres. It seemed to work a treat a lot of the jarring from the corrugations and stones was taken out.

It is possible to camp the night beside the pub. We chose to camp just down the road. Someone is planning to open a caravan park but in the mean time is letting people stay for a donation. There are no facilities yet. It suited us as we are fully self contained and didn't feel guilty that we didn't spend enough at the pub.

"Clifford" in the morning light. This is the paddock where we spent the night.