The Plane Boss, The Plane

We travelled a few hundred ks today from The Oasis Roadhouse to Hughenden on The Kennedy Development road. Its amazing to see the amount of flood markers. Next time we hear of flooding and river names we will have a somewhat better understanding. Some water over the road in places but not much. People at the roadhouse came through the day before and the water was higher and they hit a drop out in a causeway and did a bit of damage. They warned us and Mick was very vigilant but it was okay. But you can see how very quickly you could get into trouble.

Driving along we see something in the distance. Unbelievable. Its a Plane. Broken down. Mechanic working on it on the side of the road. The pilot was standing beside his plane waving us through. He must have landed on the road. Just classic.

And cows. So many cows. In their paddocks. On the roadsides. Everyone is getting them ready for cattlesales in the next month.

Was originally all sheep for wool. Every farm switched to cattle by 1970.

And there is a photo of what looked like a swamp area. Obviously from recent unseasonal rains. Just not you expect to see on these gorgeous grass plains.

We went to the Flinders Discovery Centre this afternoon in Hughenden. Combining history of the area from indigenous to exploerers and settlers and farming, with fossils and info on the Muttaburrasaurus which was a large, plant-eating ornithopod from the Early Cretaceous of eastern Australia.

My dinosaur 🦕 trekking has begun. We will visit Richmond tomorrow to continue my dinosaur exploration and then on to Winton after Porcupine Gorge.

Walked the simple main street of the town. Very clean and tidy. Purchased a new puzzle book. Bought a dust pan and brush and 2 huge icecream cones.

We have camped up for 2 nights in the RV stop in Hughenden. And its full. There is some horsey thing on in the showgrounds this weekend. Lots of travellers. These small towns just would not exist very well without all of the travellers.

We went up to Walkers Lookout to watch the sunset. It was beautiful. There are actually 5 lookouts with seats facing different directions. We are going back up there tomorrow look at all of them. Very unique. It gives you a great view of the absolute vastness of our country. Outback QLD.

We cannot get away from loud music and a beat in the background. Hughenden is going of tonight in some place behind the RV Park. Lol. And its just winding up at 10pm like the back packer's in Port Douglas beside our caravan park there.

At least we didnt pay for this site and we are a fair way away.

So overall we had a great day.Read more