Narrative Of The Overland Expedition Of The Messrs. Jardine, From Rockhampton To Cape York, Northern Queensland By Frank Jardine And Alexander Jardine
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Two Miles
Further Down A Small Creek Joins, And At 12 Miles A High Rocky Hill
Was Reached.
From this hill a bar of granite rock extends across the
river to a similar one on the south side.
A fine view was obtained
from its summit showing them the course of the river. Up to this
point the course had been N.W. After passing through a gap,
immediately under and on the north of the rocky hill they were forced
by the river into a northerly course for two miles, at which they
crossed a spur of the range running into it, so rugged that they were
obliged to lead their horses. Beyond this they emerged on to a
basaltic plain, timbered with box and bloodwood, and so stony as to
render the walking very severe for the horses. The basalt continued
for the rest of the day. At about 18 miles a large creek was
crossed, running into an ana-branch. The banks of the river which
border the basaltic plain are very high and steep on both sides.
Running the ana-branch down for four miles, the camp was pitched,
after a tedious and fatiguing day's march. (Camp III.)
'September' 6. - The ana-branch camped on last night being found to
run parallel to the course of the river, received the name of
Parallel Creek. Its average width is about 150 yards, well watered,
and full of melaleucas and fallen timber. The country on its north
bank down to its junction with the river 20 miles from the junction
of Warroul Creek, is broken into ridges of quartz and sand-stone,
stony, and poorly grassed.
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