Outback Queensland

Outback pub signage.

Stockman and his sheep dogs, doing what they love to do, workin' sheep.  How anybody could keep these dogs in suburbia.

A stockman and his bullock team. Live show at the Stockman's Hall of Fame, Longreach

Stockman's Hall of Fame, Longreach

Rod close up with a bullock...a rare sight.

Getting younger and younger!

Cobb & Co. Coach. Clare takes the reins prior to the scrub ride.

Out on "the Common" for a gallop in the scrub. Actual road to Windora used by original Cobb & Co. coaches

The Qantas 747 which now is a permanent fixture outside the Qantas Founders Museum in Longreach

Inside the intake of the 747 engine

Never to fly again!

This area, Winton to be exact, was the birthplace of Qantas

Sunset cruise on the Thomson River.  Thomson River, the cleanest river in Queensland....there's no P in it.

After the cruise, a bush dinner...Beef stew, apple pie, billy tea and damper followed by a bush poet.

Relaxing in the hot springs at Ilfracrombe near Longreach

Mel & Sue, the bush poets performing their tribute to the Aussie "thong" at happy hour in the Winton Matilda Caravan Park.

A Sydney biker we met on the road to Mount Isa.  One of 2 guys who were returning to Sydney from the Alice Springs Truck Show.

The Walkabout Creek Hotel at McKinley, far west Qld, used in the first Crocodile Dundee movie.

Lemon squashes all round at the Walkabout Creek Hotel.

Onward Into the Outback

Virgin Rock near Springsure south of Emerald, Qld

Dawn at our overnight free camp under the Virgin Rock

Wherever I go, I'm surrounded by good lookin birds

 

"Who was that old grey-bearded fart?"

Our camp site at Jericho on the banks of the River Jordan, sorry, the Jordan River.

How's the serenity?

Get the damper ready Clare!

The ex-army shower I bought at Woodey's Disposals in Newcastle in the early 60's still the best bush shower going.

  

The Drive-in Theatre of the main street of Jericho..still operating.

Don playing guitar and singing for the campers at Jericho river camp.

The "Tree of Knowledge" Memorial in Barcaldine, Qld., the site of the 1891 Shearer's Strike and the supposed birthplace of the Labor Party in Qld.  The tree was allegedly poisoned by an unknown Liberal Party supporter in 2003.

The Worker's Heritage Centre, Barcaldine, Qld.

Saved from "road kill"......this time!

Carnarvon Gorge

Driving into Carnarvon National Park just south of Emerald in Queensland.

The 5.4km walk into the gorge.  Worse still, the 5.4km walk out!

Aboriginal cave paintings reportedly 9,000 years old.  The indigenous tribes who lived in the Gorge fought vehemently to retain it because they realised the value of a never ending supply of water, but of course, the white settlers prevailed and nowadays, the only indigenous people left in the area work as Park Rangers.

The land that time forgot.  Ferns and palms that existed in prehistoric time. The water is artesian and flows continously from the ground from the Great Australian Artesian Basin.

A TRULY MAGNIFICENT PLACE AND WELL WORTH THE WALK IN!