Victoria Hill Bush Camp 1-10-21

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Victoria Hill Bush Camp 1-10-21

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For the Queens Birthday Holiday Long weekend I headed out to near Clifton/Layburn area to a roadside Bush Camp on the Condomine River called Victoria River Bush Camp.
Fires allowed, Dogs allowed, no facilities and 1 bar of 4G.
I hit a severe storm just before I arrived so the black soil was quite sticky for a day or so.
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after the rain passed I grabbed a pic of the back of the storm
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Next Morning the rain had gone and there was a bit of fog around on the water.
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Sun quickly dried things out ... old mate turned up and camped right in front of me :evil:
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I went for a walk to the bridge, there is another campsite on the other side of the road
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looking back on my side
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After cutting it up I laid the wood out to dry and had to make a new fire spot as old mate had camped too close to the old fire spot in front of my Ute
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Sunday Morning had even more mists on the water
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There is another nice camp spot upstream a bit but a bit hard to get to.
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Monday Morning I packed up [closed the doors] and headed off for an explore
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Leyburn is not far away and was the site of the first Australian Grand Prix held in Qld
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On the ground its hard to see any trace of the old Airfield and Race Track although I did inadvertently drive most of the Track except for the bit at the top of Liberator Place which is behind a locked gate.
I headed home through Warwick and then looked up Google maps and you can faintly see the remains of the track.

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