Saturday, July 17, 2021

Longreach to Home

              Around the World in 80 Days
                              Queensland 

We have managed to do over 9700klms around Queensland in 80 days, which means we are back a little earlier than expected. Not many pics from me in this last post, but quite a few from Sue who sent over quite a few with Yvonne or me in them. Our trip probably would not have been possible without the kind help & tolerance from Sue & Mark. Thanks.

Longreach Brolga video.

Brolga video from Sue.



















Dululu Camp.


Cracow, ghost town.


Biggenden camp.


Steel rose at Biggenden.


There's a last time for everything.
The last morning tea stop at Dalarnil, on the way home. It was acold windy morning, in contrast to the heat in Normanton & on the Cape.


All the following pics are courtesy of Sue at random & different places

























Our track

















In the flight simulator
























Monday, July 12, 2021

Mt Isa to Longreach via Boulia

 Another week or so has gone by & we are now in Longreach. It is one of the 3 Australian towns we pass through again & again if we want to travel to far western locations, the others being, Port Augusta & Mt Isa. We have taken a small detour to go via Boulia and camped in a vast desolate area that is notorious for sightings of the Min Min light. We camped next to the grave of a 7 year old child & we did have a Min Min encounter.We also went to the dinosaurium near Winton which was quite spectacular & did some stuff at Longreach.

I have also completed 3 more drone videos which will appear in this post.


Drone video of Mt Isa. This is a pretty boring droning as I had a lot of interference.

For Android devices click 'HERE'

Thats us at a caravan park in Mt Isa.



Boulia



Boulia.


Boulia.












Stone house, Boulia.




Boulia camp.








Some eagles feasting on road kill.


Middleton.



Middleton.



Emu.








Some mountains floating in a watery mirage.



Sue & Mark ahead on the horizon also floating in a watery mirage.







Camped near the Long waterhole, Winton. An excellent site.


Long waterhole.

Dinosaurium.

Video, heading between attractions at the Dinosaurium.






Dinosaurium.

Dinosaurium.




Dinosaurium.












Fossilised dino foot prints.






















Our camp near the burnt down Hamilton hotel in the middle of nowhere & the middle of Min Min light country.

A couple more nearby graves.

Drone video, Min Min camp.

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Yvonne silhouetted in an eerie dusty sunset, setting the scene for a Min Min light, night.
 

There it is.........................



The tree beside our caravan with the grave beneath.
























This is all thats left of the Min Min hotel, besides a couple of graves.


Cawnpore.


Cawnpore.

Drone video, Cawnpore.

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Cawnpore. video





Another Cawnpore. video


Longreach QANTAS museum.








This used to be whacko Jackos' plane.


Here's proof.


Dinner at the woolshed.


Longreach QANTAS museum.















                                                                    Longreach video.

Longreach to Home

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