Stayed the night at
Banka Banka
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| Daylight Ascent on the mount while everyone else was in Bed |
Banka Banka is a working cattle station, of approx 390,000 acres, with about 80,000 usable, the rest is stone, of various sizes. I don't know how the cattle get around it, you would have trouble walking it, let alone get a vehicle over it!
Famous for its red-back spiders if you believe the manager!
But there is a steel sculpture of one at the front gate, so probably not far wrong.
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| Pay Phone |
The homestead and park are right on the Stuart highway, so owners obviously thought it a good idea to take advantage of passing tourist trade a few years ago so setup the caravan park.
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| The mount! |
No power or phone reception, but a pay phone on site if you need one. Plenty of water, that is as good as you would get drinking water.
We arrived early afternoon, so got a good shady site.
Incidentally I was the only one to climb Mt Banka Banka, the others in the team declaring the climb "Too difficult".
I did it in a set of roman sandals, next time I will update my foot ware, kicking my toe several times, in the rocks I wasn't quite sure if I had kicked a stone or been bitten by a
Death Adder.
Good place to have a stopover.
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| Camp Kitchen |
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| Bar |
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| View From Mt Banka Banka |
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| View From Mt Banka Banka |
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| View From Mt Banka Banka |
Banka Banka is a working cattle station, of approx 390,000 acres, with about 80,000 usable, the rest is stone, of various sizes. I don't know how the cattle get around it, you would have trouble walking it, let alone get a vehicle over it!
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