So far my record of actually following my itinerary accommodation plans has been quite poor. This has largely been due to the heat – with temperatures havering around +100F\/+38C for over 12 days straight! Some national parks have proved to be very dried out, extremely hot, and so desolate that I have been skipping them in favor of cooler surroundings. Forest Den National Park, for example, had no den nor forest. It was essentially a ranch full of cattle with a campground 10km down a 4wd track that was just a patch of dirt next to a watering hole in 100F degree heat. I sat their for 5 minutes in the heat before deciding to move on. The cows even seemed to get a bit hostile towards me in my car on the way out, running up to me to block my exit and chasing me out. Don’t know what they would have been like in the middle of the night!<\/p>\n
Other parks I visited but skipped were Gundabooka National Park, NSW (also very hot and isolated with claims of video surveillance even though there was no electricity around for miles – but the security problem issue was duly noted), Currawinya National Park, QLD (way too isolated and hot), Moorrinya National Park, QLD (another cattle farm?), and White Mountains National Park, QLD (no mountains I could see, but perhaps a few hills and a very hot and remote campsite down a 4wd track).<\/p>\n
On the other hand, there were a number of national parks I had not anticipated visiting that I was able to get into at the last minute without any problems – so I am very happy things worked out they way they have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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