Lawn Hill

Boodjadulla National Park

Never heard about this place until we were on the track. About 250 km from the Burke & Wills Roadhouse it is a little bit out of the way.


With over eighty kms of dirt road a four wheel drive is recommended, but it is accessible in a normal road vehicle. We chose to leave the caravan at Gregory Downs. It was a good decision. Along the way we met a few roadtrains from the mine.

The road may have been OK, but the dust takes a while to settle after the train has passed.

Adels Grove offers accommodation (no powered sites), and camping is available in the gorge. We were lucky to be able to get a tent at the gorge so we could stay overnight

For us it was walks in the morning, and canoeing in the afternoon. Paddling to the falls was easy, and the effort to drag the canoe above the falls and paddle onwards was well worthwhile. A swim below Indarra Falls on our way back was delightful.


Bonus - a free talk and visual presentation on the fauna of the park during that evening. It seems like this is a regular part of life at Adels Grove.

The park has a diversity of wildlife that matches Kakadu. With four distinct environments (sandstone,limestone, savannah and the creek) in the park the wildlife of each part contributes to the whole.