Monday, 2 September 2019

Mackay to Clermont,to Barcaldine,to Charleville,to Bourke, to Griffith

                                             
 Good bye to the Whitsunday Coast, the cane sugar fields and the sandy bays and headed 
West over the ranges to cattle areas and south to gemstone areas and further south to cooler climate and of course homeward bound
 


no lack of mining on our way across 
great spot to stop, plenty of mining equipment to check out 




couldn't find any gemstones


 



Barcaldine 
Barcaldine
tree of knowledge at Barcaldine, I didn't get any smarter 

Big Red at Blackall 
Big Merino at Blackall 
Fanny Mae's at Tambo
second time we've been to Charleville, bad weather both times,
so missed the observatory show both times 

tower in Charleville at night 
tower in Charleville at day 
nothing much at Wyandra except for this quaint old pub with a free camp out the back 
Cunnamulla main street
The Cunnamulla Fella on guard 
bridge over the Darling at Bourke 

old wharf area at bourke 
 


the weir is pretty sad right now

low on one side 
 

dry on the other side

beautiful Bourke buildings


A visit to the Heritage copper mining town of Cobar 






still mining copper. what a pit 



free camp on the Lachlan river, Hillston 




view of Griffith from the Hermits lookout


Lake Wyangan 
Lake Wyangan at Griffith, camped here for a couple of nights