It goes
from the Musgrave -
Lakefield National Park road to the road to Port Stewart.
It is dry late in the Dry season which is when the photos below are
from, but early in the
Dry it can be
a challenge with wet creek and river crossings as
well as
swampy areas.
Some boggy sands may remain a challenge for some vehicles even in the
late Dry.
It is a great track well
worth doing
if you have the extra time.
You
first have a few gates
through Lilyvale Station,
... Violet
Station, and Lama
Lama
National Park ...
... where in
parts you drive through some heathland vegetation and
soft white sands.
Then you come
to the Running
Creek
Homestead ...
... with a beach
...
UPDATE 2015
This track goes through a
private
property, with limited access to some places including the Running Creek beach.
UPDATE 2022
The local Lama Lama People have announced that the Running Creek Beach is open again for visitors :-)
Full detail is in the Destination Guide.
... and a river mouth
with great fishing.
There is also
another track to a rocky
river bank,
... and there
is also a swimming
hole.
Further north
the Running Creek track goes through some melaleuca swamps,
...
and a rainforest
pocket
with some creek
crossings,
... before
you come to Stewart
River,
...
which is
all dry in
the late Dry
Season.
From there it
is not far to the northern
end of the Running Creek track at the road to Port
Stewart.
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