We are heading to Mitchell which is about six hundred ks west of Landsborough where we are at the moment.
Near Beerwah and Steve Irwins Australia Zoo.
We have been to Mitchell a couple of times but never from the Sunshine Coast.
Have others travelled this way.
It looks like we would go through Kilcoy and out that way.
Would that be the best way?
Thanks in advance
Cheers,
Bluey.
Dave1952 said
08:43 PM Jul 9, 2018
Hi Bluey,
Your quickest way would be to travel across to Kilcoy and from there, you can choose whether you want to head up to Kingaroy and down the Bunya Highway to Dalby and thence via the Warrego Highway out through Chinchilla, Miles and Roma; or you could head down from Kilcoy to Esk and across to Gatton and up the Toowoomba Range through Toowoomba and then on to Dalby, and the other towns.
There are other ways, but they mostly involve some (often considerable) out of the way travel.
When you take off from Beerwah, head west through Peachester and across to Kilcoy. When you get to Kilcoy, turn just west of Kilcoy if you decide to head through Esk and go through Toogoolawah to Esk. Just as you leave Esk heading south towards Ipswich, the turnoff to Gatton is on the right, still in the speed zone and just across the bridge. If you have GPS you should be able to pick it up on that.
Cheers and safe travels
Dave
PeterD said
11:53 PM Jul 9, 2018
Here is several routes you could take. I would be inclined to take the shortest one. Click on any of the three routes on the LHS to get the driving directions.
Dave1952 said
08:46 AM Jul 10, 2018
I would not recommend the route from Yarraman through Cooyar across to Kaimkillenbun unless your fillings in your teeth have very firm glue in them. I towed my smaller (21 ft) van across that road a couple of months ago and it is very rough for a van. Being black soil, it is quite up and down with not a lot of maintenance on it. It is, however, quite a scenic route coming down through there and swinging off through Wutul to Kaimkillenbun, or The Bun, as it is locally known, and thence to Dalby. The road to Dalby (Irvingdale Road) is an excellent road.
Blueys 64 said
10:00 AM Jul 10, 2018
Thanks everyone.
We will go via Kilcoy, Kingaroy, Dalby, Chinchilla etc.
Cheers.
Bluey.
Dave1952 said
03:15 PM Jul 10, 2018
Should be a good run Bluey. There is one spot to be wary of about 7 - 8 km south of Porters Gap, between Kumbia and Bell. As you come down off a fairly reasonable hill, you will see another hill ahead of you, but at the bottom, there is (or was 8 weeks ago) a large pothole on the left side of the road. The bitumen was breaking up in the pothole when I was there, but the Council may have fixed it by now. Just before Porters Gap, you will see Niagara Road on the right - that is the site of construction for Australias second largest wind farm, Coopers Gap.
Cheers and safe travels
Dave
Hi there, folks.
We are heading to Mitchell which is about six hundred ks west of Landsborough where we are at the moment.
Near Beerwah and Steve Irwins Australia Zoo.
We have been to Mitchell a couple of times but never from the Sunshine Coast.
Have others travelled this way.
It looks like we would go through Kilcoy and out that way.
Would that be the best way?
Thanks in advance
Cheers,
Bluey.
Your quickest way would be to travel across to Kilcoy and from there, you can choose whether you want to head up to Kingaroy and down the Bunya Highway to Dalby and thence via the Warrego Highway out through Chinchilla, Miles and Roma; or you could head down from Kilcoy to Esk and across to Gatton and up the Toowoomba Range through Toowoomba and then on to Dalby, and the other towns.
There are other ways, but they mostly involve some (often considerable) out of the way travel.
When you take off from Beerwah, head west through Peachester and across to Kilcoy. When you get to Kilcoy, turn just west of Kilcoy if you decide to head through Esk and go through Toogoolawah to Esk. Just as you leave Esk heading south towards Ipswich, the turnoff to Gatton is on the right, still in the speed zone and just across the bridge. If you have GPS you should be able to pick it up on that.
Cheers and safe travels
Dave
Here is several routes you could take. I would be inclined to take the shortest one. Click on any of the three routes on the LHS to get the driving directions.
We will go via Kilcoy, Kingaroy, Dalby, Chinchilla etc.
Cheers.
Bluey.
Cheers and safe travels
Dave