{"id":595,"date":"2023-02-24T20:17:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T10:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/?p=595"},"modified":"2023-02-25T20:22:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T10:52:37","slug":"road-trip-cairns-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/road-trip-cairns-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Road Trip &#8211; Cairns 2023 &#8211; Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a false start a couple weeks ago we are finally on our way. Left early this morning and made it to Barkley Homestead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Monsoon has returned to Darwin, which meant we had to finish packing the car in the rain. I had packed up the trailer over the weekend, so we got away before 5am. The rain stopped before we got to Katherine, however the Katherine River is already up to 14 Meters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_125016-01-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-599\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_125016-01-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_125016-01-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_125016-01-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_125016-01-678x381.jpeg 678w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_125016-01.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We made it to Dunmarra Roadhouse for lunch, and then pushed thru to Barkley Homestead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_170018-01-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_170018-01-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_170018-01-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_170018-01-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_170018-01-678x381.jpeg 678w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_170018-01.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There was one spot between Three Ways and Barkley Homestead that still had water flowing over the road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174635-01-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-601\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174635-01-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174635-01-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174635-01-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174635-01-678x381.jpeg 678w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174635-01.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174807-01-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-602\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174807-01-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174807-01-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174807-01-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174807-01-678x381.jpeg 678w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_174807-01.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another spot it almost looked like an inland sea, there was a lot of water still around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_184616-02-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-603\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_184616-02-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_184616-02-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_184616-02-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_184616-02-678x381.jpeg 678w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_184616-02.jpeg 1365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Barkley Homestead has a couple new friends, looks like it&#8217;s under new owners and they are putting their own touch on the place. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_185000-01-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_185000-01-576x1024.jpeg 576w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_185000-01-169x300.jpeg 169w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_185000-01.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_184713-01-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-605\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_184713-01-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_184713-01-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.rock2sea.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/20230224_184713-01-768x432.jpeg 768w, 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