Melbourne journalist Emily McAuliffe takes us “home” to Far North Queensland to see Australia’s largest monolith … and it’s not Uluru. Come on a trip to remote Mount Mulligan, a three-hour drive (by 4WD preferably) west of Cairns. It’s so isolated, not many people really know about the monolith that dominates the landscape and dwarfs Uluru – or about the indigenous-owned cattle station with a five-star, 28-guest luxury lodge.
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Reporter Carolyne Jasinski was last heard of heading into the central Australian outback on a solo trip in a four-wheel drive, with a two-way radio and a personal locator beacon for safety.

We at Travel Writers Radio were a bit apprehensive about this off-road experience. As it turns out, so was she.

Carolyne saw few motorists en route but dozens of wild brumbies roaming free, and she she has lived to tell the tale as she explains to Graeme Kemlo.

Photo by Carolyne Jasinski – Unusual road traffic hazard – the outback brumbies roam freely.