skardon's

Updated: May 11, 2025

The country traversed to-day was similar to that of yesterday, save that the ridges were higher and more stony. Creeks were crossed at two and ten miles, running strongly westward, which appeared to be permanent. Five miles further on, the party camped on a smaller one of the same character, having vine scrub and seaforthia palms on its banks, which was named Skardon's Creek.

Frank Jardine - Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland

New Year's Day Sinclair Creek New Year's Creek Kinloch Creek Micketeeboomulgeiai The River Archer The Coen Slough of Despond River Batavia Two Horses Drowned Five Horses Poisoned Symptoms Abandon Baggage Cache Party commence Walking Difficult Travelling Two more Horses Die Last Encounter with Natives Pandanus Thorns Another Horse Sickens Urgency of Getting Forward Dalhunty Creek Another Horse Dies "Creamy" and "Rocket" Die Skardon's Creek Pitcher Plant Two Saddles Abandoned Nell Gwynne's Foal Killed Richardson's Range.

Frank Jardine - Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland