We left Blackall this morning, another beautiful winter's day. Instead of the usual tourist route to Barcaldine we decided to take the 'road less travelled' through Isisford. There is some significance here as John's dad was the local copper in Isisford in the early '50's and John lived there for the first couple of years of his life. The road from Blackall was pretty ordinary, Isisford itself is a lovely little town trying to survive. But the road north to Ilfracombe had us wishing we hadn't chosen this route. Kilometre after kilometre of unsealed detours will in the long run be worth the inconvenience to the locals, but had us one-time travellers cursing!
We've settled in to the caravan park in Longreach and walked to the information centre to plan our visits to the Stockman's Hall of Fame and the QANTAS Centre tomorrow. We can see the tail of the jumbo jet from where we are sitting now. This tree is full of white cockatoos. The noise is deafening and they've almost stripped the tree bare of leaves at the top.
There's a relaxing 2.5km walk beside the Landsborough highway called the Longreach Botanic Walkway. They've gone to a lot of trouble to display a large variety of plants native to the area.
Seen today: Emu with 3 chicks, kangaroo with joey in her pouch and one smart dog - crossing the Landsborough Highway (SOOOOOoooo much traffic) not straight across the road but under the road via a culvert - in one side and out the other!
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