Help identify location

[Rainman Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rainman]

Hopefully someone knows where this spot is. The picture was taken in central Queensland, we were travelling from WA via the Plenty and Donohue Higways and from memory this was the first significant set of hills we came across. It was between Barcaldine and Emerald.

It got quite steep and there was a lookout half way up a very windy road. My old Surf struggled in first gear and by the time we pulled into the lookout the temp guage was in the red zone. I got out and took this picture and then noticed that coolant was spewing out everywhere. I then spent the next hour trying to recover the situation.

As a result I cant remember where this spot was. Hopefully it will look familiar to someone. From memory it was considered a significant location? It certainly became a significant location for us, it was here that the Ministry for Finance decided we needed a new vehicle. A week after we got home we bought the Prado Come in spinner

[Snaga Wishing I was lost Find all posts View Profile Close Snaga]

Looks like a nice place next to nowhere... as for where... sorry never been out that way :cry:

[mav Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close mav]

Looks like a nice place next to nowhere... as for where... sorry never been out that way :cry:

Hey Mal take a look at that over there. What is it Mike? Oh absolutely nothing Mal. Oh well we had better get 10 shots of that then Mike don't ya reckon. Yes Mal we wouldn't want to disappoint the viewers at home now would we? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ask the Leyland, ask the Leyland, ask the Leyland brothers!. :lol:

[Snaga Wishing I was lost Find all posts View Profile Close Snaga]

Looks like a nice place next to nowhere... as for where... sorry never been out that way :cry:

Hey Mal take a look at that over there. What is it Mike? Oh absolutely nothing Mal. Oh well we had better get 10 shots of that then Mike don't ya reckon. Yes Mal we wouldn't want to disappoint the viewers at home now would we? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ask the Leyland, ask the Leyland, ask the Leyland brothers!. :lol:

Must have missed that episode .... either that or you're makin' fun of me :cry:

[mav Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close mav]

Looks like a nice place next to nowhere... as for where... sorry never been out that way :cry:

Hey Mal take a look at that over there. What is it Mike? Oh absolutely nothing Mal. Oh well we had better get 10 shots of that then Mike don't ya reckon. Yes Mal we wouldn't want to disappoint the viewers at home now would we? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ask the Leyland, ask the Leyland, ask the Leyland brothers!. :lol:

Must have missed that episode .... either that or you're makin' fun of me :cry:

Naah mate not pokin fun at you. When you wrote that it reminded me of a Kevin Bl..dy Wilson skit about them thats all.

[eerfree Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close eerfree]

My guess would be Drummond Range Lookout west of Bogantungan, you can hear the roadtrains coming from miles away.
The railway line should be just at the bottom of the slope in the foreground.

Bob

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Looks like a nice place next to nowhere... as for where... sorry never been out that way :cry:

Hey Mal take a look at that over there. What is it Mike? Oh absolutely nothing Mal. Oh well we had better get 10 shots of that then Mike don't ya reckon. Yes Mal we wouldn't want to disappoint the viewers at home now would we? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ask the Leyland, ask the Leyland, ask the Leyland brothers!. :lol:

Must have missed that episode .... either that or you're makin' fun of me :cry:

Naah mate not pokin fun at you. When you wrote that it reminded me of a Kevin Bl..dy Wilson skit about them thats all.

Phewwww

That's ok then 8) :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Chuck Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Chuck]

My guess would be Drummond Range Lookout west of Bogantungan, you can hear the roadtrains coming from miles away.
The railway line should be just at the bottom of the slope in the foreground.

Bob

Yes, Dummond Range is the first one out of Emeraldand the next is the Great Dividing range between Alpha & Jericho.

Drove many a train up and down the Drummond range when I was in Emerald.

Chuck

[Rainman Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rainman]

Thanks for the help, Drummond Range Lookout sounds familiar. I only got to see the view for a minute or two, then panicked when I saw the coolant everywhere.