Cunnamulla QLD

Given the direct route from Bourke to Lightning Ridge is closed at Brewarrina/Walgett due to flooding, we decided the best way around would be via Cunnumulla. And that's how we find ourselves in Outback Queensland!

It does mean we've departed Bourke a day ahead of schedule, but that's no great loss. Sadly the last paddle boat ride was the day before we arrived. Today the river is too high and the boat won’t fit under the power lines.

I think we are all comfortable we've seen enough of Bourke!

I have to say there's not much at Cunnumulla, except of course the great Cunnumulla Fella - the fictional stockman immortalised in song by Slim Dusty, whose eponymous statue now sits proudly in the town centre.

We set up in the Cunnumulla Tourist Park and after scraping the copious number of splatted bugs off the front of the car and caravan, retreated for a quiet night.Read more