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just us - 15 Dec 2006 06:49 GMT

Well, what are you up to over Xmas? We have decided to loose Santa, stuff
the gifts, stuff the waste of money and head bush for 4 WHOLE DAYS!
Looks like we are off to the Mount Mulligan area. Just me, hubby and one old
dog. They charge you $5 a night to camp on the weir and apparently they had
3 inches of rain out there last week and it is almost back to the top so
looking good. We will do some day walking, and night rehydration. Might try
the road thru to Kondaparinga which has been sort of "closed" over the last
couple of years.
Merry Christmas all, play safe, have fun and dont bust your budget
Kathy.

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Blue Heeler - 15 Dec 2006 07:22 GMT

> Well, what are you up to over Xmas? We have decided to loose Santa,
> stuff the gifts, stuff the waste of money and head bush for 4 WHOLE
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> years. Merry Christmas all, play safe, have fun and dont bust your
> budget Kathy.

Dry country, I love Mt. Mulligan, but loathe the creature who owns the
property. We have been put onto a very nice camping spot in from
Thornborough.

Take the Thornborough turnoff and about 2kms short of Tyrconnel there
is a 4 way intersection, turn left intot he hills, the road/track is
rough and not well marked but eventually (about .75km) you fetch up
where the old miners blasted a watercourse to join two small creeks,
the manin section is about 400m long, 30m wide and very, very deep. As
the creeks there have flowed recently, the water will be clean - alive
with fish too.

Other alternative, it is a little known but true fact that there is a
dam on the top of Mt Mulligan - it used to supply water for the mine.
The prick who owns the property has blown the stairs that used to lead
to it from the town side, but the pathway from the mine on the other
side was still there a couple of years back.

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Barnsey - 15 Dec 2006 14:22 GMT

OK you two are talking about parts of NQ that I've never heard of.

More info please.

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tony@altavista.com - 15 Dec 2006 14:50 GMT

>OK you two are talking about parts of NQ that I've never heard of.
>
>More info please.

Map .... Mt Mulligan..... Qld

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just us - 15 Dec 2006 21:36 GMT

Barnsey, if you look at your NQ map, just north of Dimbulah you will see Mt
Mulligan.
Thanks Blue Heeler -
We have spent a lot of time around Mt Mulligan. Have climbed Mt McGann, the
mountain on the eastern side of Mt Mulligan. 5 years ago we spent 10 days
hiking on top of Mulligan during the wet season - WOW. It is a most
incredible place with aboriginal etchings in the escarpments, there are
"sacred lakes" which are massive waterholes great for swimming on a hot day.
There are also huge underground waterways, scarey to get into but absolutely
amazing to swim in :). We camped a couple of days beside the old man made
dam on top - very pretty area and will always be regarded as one of the
hardest 10 day walks we have done. The fellow who owns Mt Mulligan station
has never been a problem for us. In fact the other day when I rang to ask if
we could come out I felt that they were most welcoming. He charges $5 a
night, but no problem there.
Most people find him accomodating if you just ask permission and follow a
few very basic rules which understandably he has to have otherwise all the
dickheads out there would be in there being dickheads lol.
There are a lot of hidden areas around Thornborough and also Kingsborough.
If you stay a night with at Ike's place beside the creek he will offer you
some very very lethal home made wine. Not to be messed with!
Kathy.

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Barnsey - 18 Dec 2006 02:00 GMT

I'll be in Cairns 15th - 27th then Townsville (home for 2 nights), then Mt
Garnet 29th -31st, then The Lynnd from Feb 1-6th.

All this I'll be driving in my Patrol.

After that, I'll be fly in fly out or driving in a company car

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