Barkley Highway Road Trip to Outback Queensland Ghost Town

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This episode we travel 320km from Devils Marbles, Karlu Karlu
Conservation Reserve, to Barkley Homestead in the Northern
Territory. We’re travelling on a road we’ve never driven before,
the Barkley Highway that runs between the NT and Queensland,
which has recently reopened after flood waters conflicted a lot
of damage to the road earlier in the year. Our first overnight is
at the recently reopened Barkley Homestead, in their large off
grid camping area. The Barkley Homestead has suffered major flood
and fire damage over the last 12 months, and has finally reopened
their restaurant, campground and fuel station to campers and
travellers by. 


 


We then hit the road heading east and cross the border into
Outback Queensland. We set up camp half way between Mt Isa and
Cloncurry, in the ghost town of Mary Kathleen. Once a bustling
town servicing one of the world’s most lucrative uranium mines,
Mary Kathleen has a fascinating story and an incredible history
worth exploring. 


 


Our epic road trip from South East Queensland to the incredible
Red Centre – Uluru and Kata Tjuta – the beating heart of Central
Australia, is underway! 


 


We’ll be driving approximately 7500km over a 28 day period to
complete this mini lap of Australia – a road trip we believe
every Aussie should experience in their lifetime! 


 


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love to connect with you on Facebook, Instagram and our website
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Our Family Travel Australia Podcast is now LIVE and available on
all podcast platforms, with a new episode aired every Friday
night 8:30pm [AEST].