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Basalt Byways, QLD Australia
| Address | 37 Gray Street,
Hughenden
Queensland, 4821, Australia | | Enquiries : | Send an enquiry to Basalt Byways | | Telephone Enquiries : | 07-4741 1021 |
The Basalt Byways are two four wheel drive tracks winding between the landscapes north of Hughenden. These tracks take you on a journey through some amazing country featuring rolling landscapes of basalt walls and deep valleys. Basalt rock is typically the first lava to issue from a volcano bringing us back to our dinosaur days.
The area you travel through has a large diversity of soils and nature, boasting some excellent lookouts that show the depth and length of many of the valleys you will wind through. One lookout in particular has a view of the open downs area with the town of Hughenden in the distance.
These two tracks take you through many grazing properties. These properties used to be mainly sheep stations but as time has gone by they have changed to cattle grazing. History tells stories of pioneering families who lost everything in the great floods that swept through these valley areas many years ago.
There is an abundance of flora and fauna to look at - spotting the odd kangaroo, dingo and emu is always a feature of the drive. The bird life is abundant and in the wetter months of the year the wildflowers and flowering gums are spectacular. Amongst the downs area the flower called the Flinders Poppy, which Hughenden is well known for, flowers in the drier months of year, creating rivers of red along the open plains.
Travelling on the longer of the two tracks, approximately 156 kilometres before connecting back onto the Flinders highway heading back into Hughenden, will certainly delight the four wheel drive enthusiasts. On both tracks you will cross the Flinders River, boasting wonderful waterholes to swim in, throughout the wetter months.
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| Activity | Animal Viewing, Birdwatching, Off Road Driving. | | Entity Facility | Viewing Platform. | | Experience | Flora/Fauna, Outback. |
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