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Welcome to my occasional blog. Click a post title to see that entry with larger images or click an image for a larger version of the image. Outback Camping Trip Day 10 - LongreachSunday 13 Sep 2015 Riverside Park on the Thomson River just outside of town was packed with caravans taking advantage of the free camping, but it did not look at all attractive with rows and rows of vans.
We used our pass to finish looking at the Qantas Founders Museum. They have a PBY Catalina that you can climb into.
The De Havilland DH61 was one of the early Qantas passenger planes. The pilot sat in an open cockpit,
but the passengers had the luxury of an enclosed (tiny) cabin. I don't think I would have enjoyed travelling in this.
This is a cylinder of a radial engine.
We continued with the Stockman's Hall of Fame and decided to see the outback show, which I didn't find all that impressive. The Hall of Fame itself is excellent, but there is a lot to see and read.
We will be heading for Winton tomorrow, so we have a look around the city centre, but there's not much happening on a Sunday afternoon. Outback Camping Trip Day 9 - Blackall to LongreachSaturday 12 Sep 2015 I left Bev sleeping in the tent and went out to take a few photos of Blackall before leaving for Longreach. We had looked at the Barcoo River when we arrived and found it dry except for one small side channel. I had a closer look and found it was being fed from a bore. I couldn't easily cross it to the main river so left to check out some buildings instead.
The next two of an abandoned garage. Then some old buildings in Ram park.
We managed to pack up and start on the drive to Longreach at a reasonable time. I wasn't too impressed with the caravan park we chose at Longreach; we had no shade (except first thing in the morning) and nothing to act as a wind-break. This photo was taken just after sunrise.
Once we had set up camp we visited the Qantas Founders Museum. We decided to try the 747 tour and only had time for a quick look in the museum before the tour started. The tour includes three planes: 747, 707 and DC3, although you don't get to go inside the DC3.
The 747 is parked right beside the car park.
Inside the 747.
747 Cockpit.
It was almost closing time and we hadn't had a good look at the rest of the museum, so we obtained a pass to return tomorrow.
Outback Camping Trip Day 8 - Charleville to BlackallFriday 11 Sep 2015 We decided to stop at Blackall to see the Wool Scour. It's only a short drive so on the way, we stopped to have a look at Augathella. I had a walk around the main street to take some photos and encountered this resident who was on for a chat. A couple of photos of buildings.
On to Blackall and it ended up being a bit of a rush to set up camp and get out to the Wool Scour, but we made it in time for the tour. Our tour guide once worked here in the shearing shed (on the wool press if I remember correctly).
The scour has three boilers - a modern automatic one used to run the machinery during winter, and two older versions. These are boiler tubes from one of the disused ones.
Agitators used to wash the wool.
Much of the timber has been replaced using materials as near as possible to the original.
Back at the camp site, we have these White-plumed Honeyeaters feeding in the tree beside the tent. The golden colour is from the light of the setting sun.
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