Friday 25th August 2023
This morning we had a slow start to the day. Although the campground was isolated and beautiful, we had some young guys arrive at 8.30pm and setup close to us. Unfortunately for DB they talked until 1am so he didn’t get much sleep. So we took our time and enjoyed the peacefulness of the morning at Eungella Dam. It was very beautiful, a haven for birdlife and a very pleasant way to spend the morning.

We headed on our way at about 11.30am and drove to Mt Britton Historic Mining Town. This was where the 56km Mackay Hinterland Great Walk finished. The drive was very scenic going through farmlands, forests and many different vegetations, it was a very beautiful drive albeit all on dirt roads. Mt Britton had some very interesting historic information and relic machinery and was bordered by some lovely mountain peaks. We enjoyed lunch here and then decided to continue on. On the way out we stopped at the Mt Britton Historic Cemetery.

We then drove towards Nebo and detoured to Lake Elphinstone for the night. This was a lovely little spot on the lake.

Mt Britton – “Founded in 1880 when a tent city for gold mining sprung up, the township became known as Mount Britton. At the height of the gold mining era in 1883, Mount Britton was a thriving township with a post and telegraph office, lands office, school of the arts, numerous hotels, stores, butcher and baker and a population of 1500. By 1884 the town was declining with the best gold areas already mined and by 1887 most businesses closed and the mining ceased in 1890.”

Mt Britton Cemetery – “The first people buried at the Mt Britton Cemetery were John Duff and Johann Michael Vogel in July and August 1881. The cast iron fence surrounds the graves of Ernest Mills and Albert Reckitt.”