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HEAVEN IN HELL

HELL HOLE GORGE HAS ONLY ONE ROAD IN AND ONE ROAD OUT, VIA ADAVALE WHERE YOU NEED TO REGISTER AT THE LOCAL PUB AND THEN DEREGISTER ON YOUR WAY OUT

When the name Hell Hole Gorge popped up on my radar some time ago, it certainly sparked my interest. Only opened to the general public in 2015 it’s one of the most isolated national parks that you can imagine. Like many in outback Queensland, the park was a grazing property until the early 1990s before it was declared a National Park. Apparently, across its 12,000ha, there are plant species that are part of this area’s mulga bioregion that need to be preserved and are significant to the western region of Queensland.

Hell Hole Gorge has only one

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