Let's Drive Queensland

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Let’s Drive QUEENSLAND

Cairns to Hell’s Gate Roadhouse to Broome (total distance - 3925km)

SAVANNAH Way

Undara Volcanic Caves

You’ll start your journey in the tropical city of Cairns, from where you can explore two World Heritage areas: the Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropics rainforest. Initially you’ll be following the same route as the Great Inland Way, passing through Mareeba and then Ravenshoe.

3925km

Then there’s the Undara Volcanic National Park, where you will see the world-famous lava tubes. Next comes Einasleigh, where the Savannahlander train from Cairns stops outside the pub. Via turning off the main highway at Georgetown, you can enjoy cruising the Cobbold Gorge, which is only 2-metres wide in some places with 30-metre sandstone cliffs on either side! See the amazing mineral collection in Georgetown before continuing on now passing through the gulf country Savannah grasslands, before reliving the gold mining days as you explore the wellpreserved buildings of Croydon’s historic precinct. At Normanton you can go croc

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