Western Qld - Croydon to Cobbold Gorge

 Day 10 & 11 - Monday 15th & Tuesday 16th September, 2025

Good morning 🌞  our destination today is a place I came across doing research for this trip on YouTube watching videos of people's travels in Western Qld.  So first stop this morning will be Georgetown for fuel and smoko.

Where are we heading I hear you ask...  Cobbold Gorge.

The road from Georgetown to Forsayth has been a mix of bitumen and well maintained dirt road, once we turned south at Forsayth, well let's just say the road got less maintained 😆.  We ended up pulling over and dropping  about 5lb out of the Hilux and van tyres, which did make it a lot more comfortable but we were still travelling between 30 - 60klm partially due to 2 caravans in front of us who kept coming to a complete stop right on a bend and in the middle of the road, so we had to keep pulling up quite quickly then dawdle along to get some space between them and us.  Thankfully they eventually pulled over and we were both able to get past them.  She was a rough old road into Cobbold.

We rolled into Cobbold Gorge around 12.40pm and it was a sight for sore eyes.  Good first impressions upon driving in the nice entrance, down past the lake, grassy area and infinity pool looking out over the lake area with it's own swim up pool bar and lets not forget the Bistro with lovely deck next to the pool area, so much too take in.  Pulled up at reception and while Doreen and I booked in the boys parked out of the way of the road and got Barney out.

Heaps of merch and some groceries in the reception, we pre-booked our powered sites next to each other for 2 nights and we also booked Craig, Razzle and Doreen for the Gorge tour tomorrow afternoon and I'll Barney sit and work at the van.

Parked up in our sites, which are tiered and a decent size, gravel, water, power, sullage and you stay hooked up.  There are also unpowered and unhook powered sites.  Good amenities.

Was just a relaxing afternoon after we set up, a quick swim while Razzle looked after Barney on the grass for us then back to camp.  

The pool and Bistro would be a lovely place to hang out for a drink while swimming and lunch or dinner, unfortunately neither are dog friendly and Barney doesn't like being left alone in the caravan sadly.

The next morning (Tuesday) we just hung around camp, chatted and mucked around until it was time to go on their Gorge Tour. Met our neighbours on the tier below Johno and Julie, who had a rescue Staffy (rescued from a fighting ring) named Dave, normally they muzzle him when meeting new dogs because he has some issues as you can imagine, but Dave was very keen to meet Barney and loved him, which Johno and Julie were so happy to see happen. 

It was very nice to meet them and Dave, such lovely people.

Once Craig, Razzle and Doreen left for their Gorge Tour, Barney and I went inside the van in the air conditioning so I could work.

The entrepid adventurers returned about 4.30pm and it sounds like it was quite spectacular

We headed up to the pool for a swim, Craig and I took turns sitting with the Barney, unfortunately for Craig the pool bar had closed by the time he went in for a paddle around in the pool.  Still nice to cool off.

We had another group discussion about tomorrow's destination after having dinner, then headed off to bed.

We enjoyed our stay here at Cobbold Gorge.  Powered Drive Through site was $48.00 per night and the Gorge Tour cost $120.00