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Flowers and Rocky Camps

Blood and beauty in outback shades

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Charleville, Longreach, Emerald and Carnarvon Gorge loop.

Come with us on our next journey and discover golden sunrises, death roads, drunken Lorikeets, an Artesian Spar and lots more. Spring 2013:

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Longreach Sunrise

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 Dayboro to James Hedges rest area(Helidon)177km(2:30hr)
It’s spring so what better way to start our journey than the Toowoomba Spring Festival. Day one is a short day so we can get close to the festival for an early start (combatting parking a large caravan during a busy festival)

The noise of the road is muffled as we make our way down to right beside the river, a large area great for exploring and we have officially joined the rock-stacking traveller’s guild

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Rock stacking at James Hedges overnight stop

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