Driving

If long-distance hiking is not your style, prepare to explore the Mackay Highlands in your vehicle.

A network of quiet gravel tracks will give you a different view of rainforest, open woodland and dry open country.
Some areas are accessible only by 4WD.
To find out where each drive starts and finishes, match the map references below to the overnight adventures map (PDF, 127K)*.
See the Overnight adventures brochure available from QPWS for detailed driving information.

Pine Grove to Broken River

5 km one way (10-min drive)

Map reference: (1)-(2)
Winding drive along sealed road suitable for conventional vehicles.
Drive through lush rainforest, past Sky Window and through open pasture to Broken River.
Fern Flat campground is accessible only to walkers. Commercial cabin-style accommodation is available at Broken River. Contact Mackay Tourism for details.

Walkers loading vehicle

9.7 km one way (10-min drive)

33.3 km one way (40-min drive)

Map reference: (3)-(4)
Steep gravel tracks suitable only for 4WD vehicles. Please watch for walkers on shared roads.
Travel through farming communities to open woodland where rough gravel tracks take you to Denham Range.
Denham Range camping area is accessible to vehicles.

Campers at Moonlight Dam

About 100 km one way (1.25-hour drive)

Map reference: (4)-(5)
Gravel tracks suitable only for 4WD vehicles. Please watch for walkers on shared roads.
The Dray Track is accessible to walkers only. To take the safe route from Denham Range, prepare for a long drive. Alternatively, access Moonlight Dam from Broken River (85km) or Nebo (50km).
Moonlight Dam camping area is accessible to vehicles.

15 km one way (20-min drive)

Map reference: (5)-(6)
Gravel roads suitable only for 4WD vehicles. Please watch for walkers on shared sections.
In just a short drive, you will reach Mount Britton. All buildings are gone but Nebo Shire Council has marked original streets and presented historical photographs to give you a glimpse of the town in the 1880s.

Last updated: 05 May 2006