Sunday we left Bourke and headed to Cunnamulla on the Mitchell Hwy, it was frightful the number of kangaroo's dead on this section of Hwy. We have encountered roadkill along the way but not as prolific as this, we had to weave around the carcasses to avoid hitting them, lucky no oncoming traffic as we weaved to the other side of the road at times. It seems that the Dog Fence that has been erected to keep wild dogs off properties is probably a contributing factor, is spans approx 95klms along the hwy. Once we crossed the border into Queensland we saw dozens of emus many were along the roadside others in large numbers in the paddocks.
Somewhere on our travels we picked up a Grub Screw in our front tyre, lucky Baz noticed it and headed to the local tyre place to have it removed first thing Monday morning. Luckily it had not gone right through and could be removed with no ill effect, and we were able to head off to Charleville.
Once again we encounted lots of roadkill on the way to Charleville, we only ever see Kangaroos the Emus and wild goats must be more road wise. We had thought we would stay at the Evening Star Caravan Park which is north of Charleville, until we passed a bush camp along the way that took our fancy. We have spent the last two nights here it is only good if you are self contained, there is a dump point and water for $10 per night. The camp host provides a great happy hour starting at 4.30 and also cooks damper to share, we made use of his coals and cooked a lovely roast beef & vegies in our camp oven.
Today we did a tag a long tour to learn about American Secret Squirrel stuff in World War 11, it was quiet interesting hearing how many Airforce personnel were stationed here in Charleville and the large number of Bombers that were here at the airfield.
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| Cunnamulla Fella |
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| Emu's |
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| Charleville Bush Camp |
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| Happy Hour Charleville Bush Camp |
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| Camp Oven Cooking |
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