So, it’s Easter again. That usually means that a couple of mates and myself get together to thumb our noses at the rain gods and go camping. This has been the tradition for many years now and has lead to the purchasing of some serious tarps, poles and pegs. These days we tend to be a little simpler, using the vehicle mounted awnings. Although, as you soon discover, there’s not allot of real-estate under these small strips of canvas. Anyway, this trip started from Biloela with two of us Gladstoneites meeting up with four Biloelians and heading towards Monto to Rideouts road, following that to Kariboe road, eventually popping out on the Caina Dam road. Turning right towards Monto, we travelled to Coppin road and ended up near Mungungo. That was a nice drive and 75% dirt. Good to get off the tar. From there we travelled back towards the Boyne Valley. We were heading for Childs Road and Glassford again. We arrived in the shadow of the stacks about 2:30pm and just got the awnings up before the first light shower crossed us. The first of many that would keep us damp for the next two days. Not too damp that we couldn’t get a fire going though. Lucky, we brought our own, dry, wood. The next morning at 8:30, after the regulatory bacon and egg wrap and two coffees, we hit the road. Childs Road. Or so we thought. After an hour driving on some tight low range tracks through some spectacular country, we came to a gate. “Private Property”. “No Through Road”. Hmmm, maybe it’s time to check the Hema App on the phone. It seems we’re not on Childs Road at all. Well, we took the wrong track right from the start. The next few hours were like the first. The roads have changed a little and the Hema hadn’t. A few farm tracks and dead ends later, we found our way back to Childs Road. Just goes to show, the map isn’t always right. It was all good though. We got to see some great country and I saw my first wild horses. Mum, Dad and the foal, galloping majestically across the grassy field, manes flying in the wind. Nice. Anyway, back on the road. We eventually came to Raspberry Creek Road. Now I know where we are. We followed it through similar country to Monal Road, turning right and heading towards Kroombit Tops. All the roads we’d been on today were farm tracks that disappeared at times. Monal road was like a highway.  Eventually we crossed the shire border onto Cedarvale road and turned left towards Kroombit tops. It was a fairly busy road today with the Easter tourists heading back down to the Valley after a day touring the National Park. As anyone who’s been up or down this access road would know, it’s steep, rocky and tight. Imagine our surprise when we had to pull over for three caravans coming down. Two of them were dual axle! I really think they had taken a wrong turn and were beyond the point of no return. Or very stupid. I’d love to find out what happened to them. After a quick stop at the lookout, we forged on to The Wall camp ground. We copped a good shower on the way and an hour later we drove down the steep hill to the wall. It was 4:30pm by now so we set up quickly while the odd misty shower drifted over. Again, we had just enough rain to keep us damp but not too much that we couldn’t have a fire. It was a great night for sleeping with the rain setting the perfect temperature. We left about 9:30 in the morning. We were heading back to Biloela via the Razorback Track. It was a chalk and cheese day. We left the damp and muddy Kroombit tracks and within a couple of kilometres it was dry and dusty. Another day of low range driving saw us back into Biloela around lunch time. It was a 350k round trip from Bilo back to Bilo with around 250k of 4wd. Most of that in low range. What a great resource we have at our front door with the Boyne Valley and Kroombit Tops. Great country, great driving and some interesting history.