2nd July – Thursday
A very early start to the day as our next door neighbour was up shortly after 5.00 am preparing his caravan and hitching up (we hadn’t unhitched!). He had left before 6.00 am. With air conditioning in cars, it isn’t really necessary to leave early and avoid the heat.
Much cooler morning with the temperature hovering around 23 degrees and a bit hazy as we headed for the Queensland border. The wattle is in flower at the moment and although it only grows about 2 metres high, still looks very pretty. We soon left the scrub behind and there was nothing to see but grass. It really took the challenge out of playing “I Spy!” It was quite obvious as soon as we entered the Lake Eyre catchment area that floods can be a bit of a problem during the wet season. For quite some distance, every 200 metres on both sides of the road were large, excavated spoon drains about 30 metres wide and 50 metres in depth; it is hard to believe that such a dry country can be covered with water each year. It is also very flat.
We stopped for a short time at Avon Downs, outside the Police Station (nothing else at Avon Downs) and as the temperature was still cool, Cat decided to stretch his legs. Immediately spotted the policeman’s mailbox and decided to check for mail. He did take a bit of coaxing to return to the car.
We reached Camooweal, just across the Queensland border, shortly before/after lunch, depending on which time zone we were using. The sign at the roadhouse advised travellers to put watched “ahead 5 years and 30 minutes.” At least television will now be back on time and the 6.00 pm news will be at 6.00 pm. When we were at Alice Springs, we met a couple from Gympie, Qld, who had been in the Northern Territory for a fortnight and weren’t aware there was a time difference! Therefore, I’m not really sure about the 5 years and 30 minutes.
Not a bad little caravan park behind the roadhouse – we have a grassy site, power and television – and our site is right beside a side road. Camooweal actually has three side streets! Cat planned on a short walk to check out the sights then suddenly realised there were 40 black kites circling immediately overhead. No coaxing required to return to the caravan.
Not whinging about the weather today as it only reached about 30 degrees.
A very early start to the day as our next door neighbour was up shortly after 5.00 am preparing his caravan and hitching up (we hadn’t unhitched!). He had left before 6.00 am. With air conditioning in cars, it isn’t really necessary to leave early and avoid the heat.
Much cooler morning with the temperature hovering around 23 degrees and a bit hazy as we headed for the Queensland border. The wattle is in flower at the moment and although it only grows about 2 metres high, still looks very pretty. We soon left the scrub behind and there was nothing to see but grass. It really took the challenge out of playing “I Spy!” It was quite obvious as soon as we entered the Lake Eyre catchment area that floods can be a bit of a problem during the wet season. For quite some distance, every 200 metres on both sides of the road were large, excavated spoon drains about 30 metres wide and 50 metres in depth; it is hard to believe that such a dry country can be covered with water each year. It is also very flat.
We stopped for a short time at Avon Downs, outside the Police Station (nothing else at Avon Downs) and as the temperature was still cool, Cat decided to stretch his legs. Immediately spotted the policeman’s mailbox and decided to check for mail. He did take a bit of coaxing to return to the car.
We reached Camooweal, just across the Queensland border, shortly before/after lunch, depending on which time zone we were using. The sign at the roadhouse advised travellers to put watched “ahead 5 years and 30 minutes.” At least television will now be back on time and the 6.00 pm news will be at 6.00 pm. When we were at Alice Springs, we met a couple from Gympie, Qld, who had been in the Northern Territory for a fortnight and weren’t aware there was a time difference! Therefore, I’m not really sure about the 5 years and 30 minutes.
Not a bad little caravan park behind the roadhouse – we have a grassy site, power and television – and our site is right beside a side road. Camooweal actually has three side streets! Cat planned on a short walk to check out the sights then suddenly realised there were 40 black kites circling immediately overhead. No coaxing required to return to the caravan.
Not whinging about the weather today as it only reached about 30 degrees.
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Cat is a slow learner - would you like me to write his report? We NO longer want or need to hear about the weather!
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