A very relaxing couple of days in the Caravan Park at Mt.Isa
before venturing off once again North towards the NT. Today we will pass
through Camooweal on the way to a free camp at Wonarah Bore which is about 11
kms east of The Barkly Homestead.
Leaving Mt.Isa we went over the Leichardt River which was
completely dry with car wheel tracks
down the centre. Water restrictions are
here at Mt.Isa and it is very dry.
100kms West of Mt.Isa and the scenery has changed dramatically, we are now driving through
straw coloured grassland with small trees as opposed to the red, rocky outcrops
and hills closer to Mt.Isa. No hills at
all here. Very unusual today, have
travelled from Mt.Isa to our free camp approx. 350kms and there has been absolutely
no road kill at all. There is either no
animals up here or they are all too smart to be on the highway when a truck
comes. Lunch stop beside the Billabong at Camooweal right under the bridge that
crosses the Georgina River. The river is
teeming with water lily’s which look absolutely beautiful. Have now crossed the
border between QLD and NT at 12.30 and have put our clocks back ½ an hour. That
of course does not mean that we will be waiting and extra ½ hour for our Happy
Hour. Speed limit in the Northern
Territory is now 130kmh hahah we wont be anywhere near that kind of speed on
this trip. Scenery has again changed,
flat, flat, flat with very few trees.
436kms from Stuart Highway and it looks a lot like The Nullabor. Have pulled into our camp for the night and
now starts the Maintenance (fix Paul & Maree’s drawer and try to fix the
Anderson Plug). Beautiful night now that the flies have disappeared. Turned the lights off and watched for shooting stars. Managed to see one and lots and lots of stars.
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