Longreach to Lake Dunn QLD

Sunday 3 July 2022
Today we woke to a beautiful blue sky with not a cloud to be seen. We have holed up in our little cabin hiding from the rain for a couple of days and will finally leave Longreach today. We had another swim session at Longreach pool in the bath temperature water. It is very easy to get in but way to hot for long efforts so we keep it to short intervals.

Wow then started east towards Barcaldine, stopping for a lunch break at Ilfracombe on the way. This was a drive on a bitumen road with single lane each way. There were still many caravans travelling west towards Birdsville as the Big Red Bash doesn’t start until 5th July. We then headed north towards a little town called Aramac and the followed the sculpture trail to Lake Dunn. We unintentionally did a little cattle droving along the road as well. The scenery was very greensand the verges of the road very soft, so luckily once we headed north on the road less travelled we didn’t have to pass too many cars.

: The Machinery Mile at Ilfracombe..

: ..there were many trucks..

: ..and a tractor..

: ..not sure what this is..

: ..David was interested in this but would have liked it to be of cars from his driving years..

: ..not for long – we then ended up on a single lane road..

: Brolgas at the start of the sculpture trail..

: A drover and his dog,,

: ..I really liked this one..

: Jonathon Thurston..

: ..this was very clever also..

: ..the detail was really good..

: The colours and the clouds were beautiful..

: Two Jabiru – I would have liked a close up of this one but the road was way too soft top drive on and there was a big pool of water stopping me from walking there..