We left from Lake Maraboon relatively early, we were glad to pack up quickly as the weather looked dicey!
We started on the road and an hour or two in Finn needed a 'rest stop', we pulled up and when we got out of the car boy did we get a shock!
It was freezing - the temp gauge in the car said it was 15C - that was at 9 am in the morning!
The drive from there it got COLDER - it got down to 12C at one stage - I thought it would be warm in the West in September!
Thankfully it did start warming up. Though when we stopped Barcaldine for lunch it was still fresh.
One thing we did see there was the first road train of the trip! How those guys drive them I do not know!
While we were at Barcaldine we pulled out the kitchen from our camper and made toasted sangas on the side of the road - this in itself drew quite a few people to us to have a chat about our camper (I reckon it was the smell of the hot toasted sandwiches rather than the company though). The groups of people we were chatting to had either come from where we were headed or were heading to where we had come from - so it was really nice just sharing stories etc. That is one thing for travelling this way - you meet some lovely like minded people (Mad's one couple had a Daschound! - and it didn't like kids lol)!
It was only a one hour drive from Barcaldine to Longreach, but the road was very looonnnnggg and straight - with a tonne of road-kill. Seriously I have never seen so many dead roos before!
It was an amazing sight, as we neared Longreach you could see the massive Boeing 747 (I think that is what it is - haven't been to the museum yet), from miles away!
We are staying at the Longreach Tourist Park, and as I was checking in Shan and Finn saw a tumbleweed just cruising by, I got to see it too when I got to the car. I know this will sound strange, but I really like tumbleweed! It just cruises along, not a worry in the world!
Not long after we set up a family arrived in their 'pop-top van' across from us. It was a mum, dad and two daughters. One of the girls put the dad to shame - from the minute the car stopped and the van was backed in she was putting down the stabilisers, pulling out the awning, unpacking the car and then helping dad to set up the plumbing and cooking gear……..all the while the younger sister flitted about on what we can only assume was a 'very important business call', talking about the colour of the dirt here and saying 'oh yeah the van is easy - you just pop it up and it is done' - it would be easy if you didn't do anything lol! It really cracked us up!
Anyway, for a place that is supposed to be dry as dry, we had a shower in the afternoon - which was actually quite spectacular, rainbows etc.
Then came the WIND - and not just from Shannon, it really blew up! Normally we don't need any guy-ropes, but we decided to err on the safe side. Thank goodness we did! It was really blowy! Once we went to bed we could hear other campers around us 'battening down the hatches' etc!
Anyway I will save more for tomorrow when we are going to Winton to the Age of Dinosours Natural Museum of History!
Till then
the Windy Wanderin' Watsons
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