Leaving Cooktown meant backtracking for about 150kms south. Not far from Cooktown is Black Mountain National Park, aptly named due to several mountains of black rocks. The only greenery to be seen are fig trees that have managed to gain a foothold in the rocks. See the photo below for the stories of unusual occurrences around these spooky mountains.
The scenery around this part of the country is beautiful. We continued
on passing through the Byerstown Range, stopping at a couple of lookouts
where you can see for miles.
We dragged ourselves away from the
magnificent views and drove to a pretty little free camp at Rifle Creek,
about 40kms north of Mareeba. Rifle Creek is just 1km from the little
town of Mount Malloy, so once we were settled we walked into town. Rick
was relieved to find the Boulder Opal Shop was closed, as were most of
the businesses in town. We stopped into the local hotel and had a drink
to recover before walking back to camp.
Rick
rang and managed to get the van booked in for a service on Friday at
Atherton at the same time as the Navara is also being checked over.
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| One of the mountains made of black rocks |
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| Spooky happenings around the mountains |
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| A panorama of the Byerstown Range |
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| You can see for miles ... |
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| and miles .. |
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| Our pretty little camp spot at Rifle Creek |
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