Sunday 29th August 2021
Well we were invaded by some campers last night, they encroached on our camp site, made lots of noise until late in the night, then this morning moved in and around our campsite making us feel uncomfortable and annoyed. Lucky we are moving on today.

We headed off today on our way to Camooweal. First stop the Riversleigh World Heritage Site. After a walk around the fossil site which was quite interesting we moved on. We drove passed the Myumba Bush Camp which looked very hot and unshaded but a little bit down the road was a river and nice area of trees. We are happy we stayed at Adels Grove instead. We then continued all the way to Camooweal. It was a lovely drive through different vegetation, road surfaces , mainly gravel and dirt. Experienced some annoying drivers who drove slow on the dirt until you tried to overtake them on the bitumen, they would increase speed so you couldn’t get passed them and then slowed down again a minute later on the dirt leaving you in their trail of dust (DB decided it was National Jerk Day). It was a very warm day 33°. On arrival at Camooweal we decided on staying at the billabong (Lake Canellan) which was very peaceful. We sat in the shade watching the birds (brolgas, white corellas, galahs, black fronted dotteral, ducks, white-necked heron, masked lapwing and pied stilt. It was a lovely afternoon.

After dinner we lay on the blanket and watched the stars. We saw a couple of shooting stars and a satellite. We also found a few constellations – Scorpius, Corona Australis, Nunki, Kaus Australis, the Southern Cross and the Milky Way. I really enjoyed the relaxing time.

Riversleigh World Heritage Site
The World Heritage area was inscribed for its outstanding natural universal values. It is one of the most significant fossil deposits in the world and the richest known fossil mammal deposit in Australia. It has revealed records of Gondwanan life forms which existed prior to the break up of this ancient continent. Its fossils are from the late Oligocene period, dating back 25 million years. Turtles, fish, snails, crocodiles, lizards, pythons, birds and many types of mammal fossils have all been recovered from this Site.”