We were heading to look at the Maytown ruins, accidentally got on the Old Coach Road which took us through the Palmer River and we got stuck in the sand.
Ooops!
We had uncoupled the trailer to try and get the Isuzu out first when luckily along came a lovely couple, Lee and Leonie and Lee’s Dad who let us use their recovery Maxtraxx to get the Isuzu out, then they hooked up the camper and pulled it out no worries.
Sign on the tree above
We were just below Maytown.
The ruins were interesting, especially the stone gutters along the main street. Little plaques indicated where each store/shop/business was located and who the proprietor was, including several Chinese shops, 2 butchers, a school of arts, a couple of hotels.
This was the School of Arts
Stone gutters in the main street of Maytown
Historical plaques showing where the businesses were located
These gutters look in better condition than some modern ones
A typical miner's hut built by the historical society
I still can't get over how great these stone gutters are
We then found the Charcoal Burners before heading back out on the road.
Along the road were some property people looking for 2 dogs. We stopped at “The. Granite” for lunch again and spoke to a guy with fully decked-out 4x4 from Townsville - (Detroit Lockers) - he had done 10km of The Coach Road before turning back. He said there was no track, and it was pretty much just driving uphill over boulders.
Heading back east
Bob’s Lookout was the morning tea stop, and we headed for the. McLeod Rover just north of Mt Carbine to camp. This was a pretty flowing creek. We had a swim in the very cold water to wash off all the dust.
Fantastic huge paperbarks along the McLeod River
The dust finally got to Darryl
Again at night there were beautiful stars again and satellites.
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