HEART OF SANDSTONE

EXPEDITION NATIONAL PARK IS KNOWN FOR ITS RUGGED GORGES, SANDSTONE CLIFFS AND SPECTACULAR VIEWS OF THE CARNARVON RANGES TO THE WEST. OFTEN OVERSHADOWED BY CARNARVON GORGE, THIS STUNNING PARK IS NOT TO BE MISSED

WORDS AND PHOTOS KEV SMITH

A GOOD day’s drive northwest from Brisbane led us to the small town of Taroom in Central Queensland. Today, Taroom is a rural town servicing the many properties in the Banana Shire, but it’s the gateway for us in to Expedition National Park. Taroom’s claim to fame is that in 1844 Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt marked a tree as LL44 when he was in the area. The tree is in the main street, yet the markings have since grown over and trying to decipher it can be a little difficult. Leichhardt was on his way towards Darwin from the Darling Downs area near Brisbane, opening up new pastoral land. He discovered and named the nearby Dawson River as well as Expedition NP. Another feature in Taroom is a rare windmill made around…

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4x4 Magazine Australia (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2022

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