Let’s Drive QUEENSLAND
Rockhampton to Barcaldine (total distance - 580km)
CAPRICORN Way
Carnarvon Gorge
Rockhampton offers much more that its status as the beef capital of Australia might suggest. For example, only 30 minutes away is Mount Hay where the tourist gemstone park is famous for its ‘thunder eggs’.
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Or there’s Mount Archer, which offers a panoramic view of the town. Or just a little to the south, Mount Morgan is the site of the goldfields of the 1880s and 1890s. Just north of the town are the Capricorn Caves with their limestone formations. Duaringa is a little more than a 1-hour drive from ’Rocky’ as it’s known. Head west to Dingo with access to the sandstone wonders of the Blackdown Tableland National Park. Further along the way is Blackwater, site of one of the largest flag displays
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