Kondiparinga Mt Mulligan Road

It's a shortcut between BDR in the south,


... and Mulligan Highway in the north, 


... across the Hodgkinson Goldfields. 

BDR to Mt Mulligan

From the Burke Developmental Road,



... you first come to the Hodgkinson Goldfields ...



... Kingsborough, Thornborough and Tyrconnell. 



The road then continues,



... north to Mount Mulligan.


 

It used to be camping on the station,



 ... but in the recent years,



... a super expensive resort was made,



... so there is no more camping.



You are allowed to drive the road through,



... which north from here, goes even closer to the cliff face.



There is the cemetery,



... just before you leave Mt Mulligan for Kondiparinga.

Through Kondiparinga Station

The track gets gradually a little narrower,



... and hillier,



... and there are still good views of the cliff face.




A few wild horses,



... and the road then,



... crosses Hodgkinson River,



... goes through a few gates,



... before you come to Kondiparinga homestead.



More gates,



... some open, some closed,



... you need to leave them all the way you found them.



Some hilltop views,



... other beautiful scenes,



... before you leave the Kondiparinga Station.

After Kondiparinga

After Kondiparinga,



... the road gets better,



... a little wider,



... and then gets to ....



... Cooktown Crossing,



... before getting out to Mulligan Highway.



Full detail about this road and the others is in the Destination Guide.

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