How Green is West QLD?
Submitted: Tuesday, Jun 28, 2011 at 20:17
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Holden4th
Heading out west once again from the GC with 100 kids in tow. As the tour medic I'm wondering if the biters such as mozzies will be an issue this year. They haven't in the past. We're going out to
Winton via
Mitchell and
Longreach then heading east again via Barky to
Yeppoon then back down the coast.
Reply By: bill k - Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011 at 06:33
Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011 at 06:33
hi, hope you enjoy your trip to the west ( THE ONLY PLACE TO BE) if you have the time drop into the
blackall wool scour, interesting for kids and adults alike. they are now doing bush cooked evening meals. if you do the tour
check out the old Lister shed engine which i donated last year. biters shouldent be a problem this time of year. enjoy bill
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Follow Up By: Holden4th - Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011 at 18:30
Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011 at 18:30
Interesting news. When traveling west I always used to stay at the
Blackall van park because of the
camp oven meals and Gary Lowe - a great bush poet! When we arrived in
Mitchell with the kids last year the van park guys asked us if we'd like to have a bush poet visit at no cost and lo and behold it was Gary. Apparently the
Blackall van park went 'upmarket' and both the
camp oven cooking and the bush poetry was considered to be unnecessary with the advent of new owners. Gary is now happily esconced in
Mitchell.
Blackall's loss and
Mitchell's gain
I'm delighted to hear that you are continuing on with this very Australian tradition of
camp oven cooking. We stop at
Blackall for lunch so won't have time to visit but we really appreciate the invite.
I wonder how the park is getting on........hmmm.
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Reply By: bill k - Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011 at 19:04
Wednesday, Jun 29, 2011 at 19:04
hi, best of luck with your group of kids, i know what your up against i used to take school charters 3 coach loads at a time to out back qld, spent most of my time doing head counts & buying food take a supply of peronel insect reppelent if the flies are bad it stops a lot of arm waving. i am not attached to the
blackall wool scour in any way,
blackall its
my home town so i visit there quite often. enjoy the west. bill k
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