We slept quite well considering we weren't very far from the highway. We heard a couple of road trains during the night but not enough to be a problem. It was cool again for sleeping which was nice. We headed off and drove on to the NT/Qld border in strong head winds again. It was a bit of a deep drop off the edge of the bitumen to stop and take a photo of the border sign, and the bitumen actually cut a slit in one of the van tyres. 'Welcome to Queensland' the sign says and what a welcome it was! We changed the tyre and continued the 15kms to a little town called Camooweal just on the Queensland side of the border.
We found a lovely peaceful and free camp spot on the Georgina River
(along with lots of other people). There were water birds and Brolgas
everywhere on the river. I baked a lovely fresh loaf of bread with some
Chia seed that we had purchased in Kununurra and it was delicious.
We had a lovely 31st wedding anniversary on the Tuesday. I forgot
about it, but Rick and his brother John remembered. We drove into town
to look at the Drovers' Camp but found it closed for the week. The town
was getting ready for the Drovers' Festival on the weekend and didn't
want tourists. There is nothing really in Camooweal ... it has a
population of only 310. I spent a quite a bit of time catching up with
the blog ... boy it takes a lot of time!
On Wednesday
we had another sleep in and the wind started up again at about 9am. We
drove around the town and all along the river. Some vans left and some
more arrived. I spent a bit more time on the blog ... I'm actually up
to date now, so maybe I can go and relax for a while. Rick went into
town at 4pm and had a beer on behalf of his brother John. It was pretty
quiet so he was home again by 5pm. We walked down the river to watch
another guy pull in his 'Red Claw' net. Red Claw are a fresh water
lobster. There was nothing in it, but he said he had caught quite a few
over the last couple of days. Apparently, night-time is the best for
catching them.
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| Welcome to Queensland! |
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| Brolgas on the edge of the Georgina River |
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| Cooking dinner in the twilight |
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| Our campsite from across the Georgina River |
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| Looking down the river |
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| Sunset across the paddocks near our campsite |
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