We had decided to head south from Victoria Highway down Binns Track (which actually goes all the way to Alice) for about 45km to get to Limestone Gorge. The road is dirt, with hardly any corrugations, but lots of Dips – dry creek crossings. Dips are good for making the boys feel sick when they’re reading.

Unfortunately the Gorge access road is closed due to consistent flood damage, so we stopped at nearby Bullita Homestead Campground.

This is the Boab tree on the turnoff to Bullita, below

Now isn’t that just that just the most gorgeous tree? I just LOVE Boab trees!

The surrounding bush was filled with red termite hills, and Kapok trees – they’re the ones with the yellow flowers below.

The Bullita Homestead hasn’t been used since the late 70s, and the land is now part of Judburra/Gregory NP. The home and out buildings sit on the banks of the East Baines River – or at least a large billabong of the dry season version. There are some old cattle yards that have been lovingly preserved. We wandered all around the property and read the stories of those that have lived here since the late 1800s.