Back in Queesland

For as much as we have thoroughly enjoyed our trip and there is still more to come before we are back home, it was nice to be back in our home state.

On our way back though we will be travelling through Queensland's outback region - and what a region it is.

Our first stop off was Camooweal where we spent the night - not a real lot to Camooweal, and less than 5 minutes is all you need to see the town - and that includes an ice cream break as well.

After leaving Camooweal, we made the short run (188 kms) into Mount Isa. I had found on the internet that there was a fabric shop in Mount Isa and I wanted to check it out. After buying fabric in both Alice Springs and Darwin, I was under stick instructions that there was a weight limit with the caravan, however I was mindful of this when ....... yes, I purchased more fabric! A bucket load to be honest, and no, Pete did not get cranky - he just smiled. You see, I had purchased 7 fat Qtrs in a mini bucket (got the bucket too) about the size of a margarine container.

Now I have to think what I am going to make with these Christmas prints.

From Mount Isa, it was onto Cloncurry for a quick stop off for morning tea at the local bakery (nothing unusual in that), before turning south-east down the Matilda Highway with our lunch break outside the Walkabout Hotel at McKinlay that was made famous by Paul Hogan in the movie
Crocodile Dundee.

 

                                    

Back on that never-ending road,

 we made for our night's stop at the Blue Heeler Pub at Kynuna

Now we have shown you what the road is like and how long and for some quite boring, which amazes us, because you see all sorts of things and people along the way, including bicycle riders ....

and a guy that was stopped for a while at the pub last night, who was pulling this with obviously all his belongings.

We left Kynuna at 8.30am this morning, and by the time we caught up with him, he had covered 18 kms from the pub, so goodness knows what time he left to start his trek for the day.

Our run though for the day followed more of that never-ending road.