Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Finally, Finally, Finally

The cotton picking finished at 8pm Thursday 16th June.  At 8.30pm we left on our Grey Nomad journey. With 13 days to get to Katherine for July 1st  cracker night!!!   Yehaaa!!!!   Finally, finally, finally we were on our way.........   and travelled 10km to my Mum and Dad's for the night!!!!! Next morning we set out at 9am, smoko stop at Ray and Carol's (Chinchilla), lunch stop at a roadside stop at Miles then on to Mitchell to the Neil Turner Weir for Friday night - a great free camp spot.  Next morning we went to the Hot Artesian Spa Baths in Mitchell - I really enjoyed it as it was a very cold morning but David didn't really think the Baths were anything special.  We spent Saturday night and Sunday morning at Chris and Robyn's near Blackall. After lunch we headed to Barcaldine, checked out the Tree of Knowledge, Thong-a-phone, Marimba and the Rose Gardens. Stopped overnight at Newstead Creek rest area near Longreach.

About to leave Mum and Dad's


Neil Turner Weir - Mitchell

The booming main street of Augathella on a Saturday afternoon!!!!

Mitchell Hot Artesian Spa

Between Mitchell and Blackall - wide open spaces

Rose Garden - Barcaldine



Thong-a-phone

Not the most tune-full instrument
 


Tree of Knowledge - Barcaldine

Up inside the Tree of Knowledge

Zoom in for an explanation of the Monument



Posted by at

4 comments:

  1. Ben22 June 2011 at 12:08

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Ben22 June 2011 at 12:10

    You shouldn't be too dismissive of the thongaphone! With a little practice you could make it sound like these guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9C1N6GmMLA&feature=related

    ReplyDelete
  3. Wendy22 June 2011 at 20:37

    Wow they are great Ben, thanks - who am I going to get to help me!!!!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Roxy24 June 2011 at 03:07

    I checked out Ben's video too...very cool indeed. I've played one of these too, but very difficult! It's awesome you're on the road now Mum, looking forward to lots of pics and updates! xo

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)