Abercrombie River National Park

Really, how lucky are we all that we have the internet as a tool these days. I remember having to rush to the library to borrow the one and only book that related to the project that you had just been given. Now we have all the information needed right in our own home...

Which leads me to acknowledge the amount of information available to us on the net relating to 4WDing, camping and all the rest of it. It was while doing research about Abercrombie River National Park that I first realised that your visit should avoid the winter months. Upon finding a video on You Tube that a past visitor had uploaded, it revealed that today it was sunny and tomorrow it snowed or more seriously today it was sunny, during the night it rained, and tomorrow the creeks were up and you couldn't cross them!

All this aside, the National Park is a wonderful place for 4WDers to visit. A sedan would not cope at all as the roads in places are quite rough and very steep. 

Photos never seem to show the actual steepness

We took a day trip to initially check out the park but knew by the end of the day that we would go back for a camp out. Unfortunately it would be back to the tent set up with stretchers (for us anyway - the boys still would suffer the ground) as we would not have got our Swan in there, happily anyway. That would be during the month of March. Great time - pleasant days and nights.

The Park basically has a main track that circles right round. There are a few roads that veer off but they eventually all meet up on the main one. There are creek crossings and lovely views to see. Off this road are the entrances to the campgrounds. These include The Beach, Silent Creek and The Sink. Silent Creek is our favourite as it is on shady grassed river flats however The Beach is great for swimming and The Sink would be great for the kids to go exploring. Always good to be in the know, there are pit toilets at all the campgrounds.

The Beach

Silent Creek

The Sink

The creek crossings are just lovely and easy done - however after rain I'm not so sure! Along the creek beds are definitely opportunities for lovely photos.

Of course, if you know me well, there was also another positive for our trip to the Park. We stumbled across old dwellings as part of the Park's history. Certainly a tick of approval.

Abercrombie River National Park is definitely a place you should visit. It's peaceful, picturesque and priceless! 

Until again...