No problem Rob .... my response was primarily to Qlden's enquiry ................
For you [and Qlden?]:
If you take the FIRST LEFT turn once through the crossing and then KEEP LEFT .... this follows the RIGHT bank of the Wenlock,
albeit on the high side of the river - there are many great places to camp with your 'van, with plenty of turning room .....
and magic views of the river and it's wildlife. And easy access down to the river .
The high side is good .... on account the big biteys don't like to climb !!
Most SHALLOW sandbars are OK to frolic in .................. but deep, dark, green areas ARE NOT !!
Swim in these ONLY if you DON'T wish to keep your legs ATTACHED .......
Another alternative for your 'van is: just BEFORE the crossing take the last turn to the RIGHT.
A good road/track will terminate in a nice, cleared area at the end of a great lagoon/billabong. Tons of cleared space, generally pretty secluded
and well worth a day or few, just for the solitude .....
River and billabong both hold barra, saratoga, sleepy cod, perch and probably others forgotten, as well as the aforementioned biteys !
Swim here also ONLY if you DON'T wish to keep your legs ATTACHED .......
AND there are no shallow sandbars here, only deep, dark and green ....
Land-locked river pools and lagoons are prime areas for territorially challenged crocs ..... it ain't worth the risk !
Even the smallee ones can fetch you a nasty suck ..... and no, you can't see them coming !
Lots to see everywhere, you really shouldn't miss it if you can accept that it is remote and takes some getting there.
I'll be going back next year, after the Wets .... long trip for me from the Sunshine Coast - I'm planning for a month/six weeks at the goldfields.
Just me, two Beagles and the detectors, packed in the Troopy ....... don't get no better, aye ?