We got back from our trip Friday night here are a few things from our trip.
Fuel :
Dalby $1.59.8 ,Moonie $1.73.9 ,
Cunnamulla $1.69.9 ,
Yowah $1.87.5 ,
Hungerford $1.89.9 ,
Thargomindah $I.78.9 ,Noccundra $1.96.9 ,
Innamincka $2.02 ,Quiplie $1.80 ,
Charleville $1.81.9 ,Augathella $1.85.9
Barcaldine $1.85 ,
Longreach $180.9 ,
Roma $1.76
Our first night was spent at Moonie was glad to get of the road as we had battled head winds all day,the next stop was Roshill aviaries the road in was very rough, a great display of birds but a little run down.Stopped in
St George (great
bakery) so had smoko at the park besides the river. Stopped at
Bollon for lunch beside the creek a ended up staying the night ( a lot of the small towns have free hot showers) .Fuelled up ate
Cunnamulla prices vary here by 6 cents Mobil fuel depot the cheapest. On to
Eulo for a mud bath then to
Yowah Go up to
the Bluff, has a great view.Just a word of warning don't touch the Diesel pump in
Yowah the store owner will tell you not to touch with a long story to go with it. Next day down to
Currawinya NP this was the just the best we camped at the
Bore Hole at
Caiwarro Ruins (what a spot) Our next stop was at the shearers shed were we camped by the river,went to the lake and other spots ( I will be going back ) the roads in the park are ok but the main road to
Hungerford as a but rough. After a few days we headed of to
Hungerford and then to
Thargomindah and spent a few days there.Noccundra was were we left our van and headed for
the Dig Tree under the threat of rain , had a few spots of rain that night then on to
Innamincka and surrounding area,the Copper has to be seen to be believed. On the way back to Noccundra we could see rain and about a mile from the sealed road we hit large water holes about a meter deep but all went well. We stopped in Noccundra that night and had dinner at the pub well worth it. Next morning it was of to
Quilpie via
Eromanga and stayed for a few days did the tourist thing and went with the postman out to the stations.Heading to
Charleville we decided we had enough of the sealed road so we hung a left about 5 km out of town and headed for
Charleville via
Adavale I have never seen so much bull dust. Spent a few days in
Charleville doing the tourist thing. Heading to
Longreach we hit rain just before
Blackall and it came down ,we were to go via
Isisford but the road was closed due to the wet . On the road to
Isisford before the road bloke I made a big mistake and pulled of to let a large van go past next thing Nissan and van went sliding down the bank to my surprise the guy I pulled off to let past stopped seeing I was stuck drove of . It took us a while before we got out under our own steam.(glad I got the M/T tyres) On to
Longreach for a few days then back to
Barcaldine and up to Aramac plus 60 km to see a friend on his property. From then it was all down
hill and back to
Brisbane. We Live in a great land and this was only the start of our trips Linda has already planned the next trip to the desert for next Year.