Brisbane to the Birdsville races

We left Brisbane ,for the Birdsville races stopping at a few nice places on the way. Our first stop was just an overnighter at a little town called Cecil Plains. Next day its on to St George to stock up with supplies and on to a station called Charlotte Plains. Here they have a free flowing hot water from a bore they put down in the late 1800s. This bore when first done put out over 3000 litres a day but is down to 700 odd litres a day now but it has never ever been turned off !!! The water temperature as it gets to the surface is about 42 degrees so they ran it through open channels across the station to cool it down as the water is very drinkable. Today they have put in a lot of cast iron baths 🛀 which you can fill when you want as many times as you want to enjoy a beautiful hot artesian bath which we did with a cheese board and red wine in hand !!! The station is pretty run down these days but the lady who owns and runs it these days still has her grandfathers 1920s soft top Rolls Royce which they have had since new. I am guessing but I reckon it’s worth more than the station these days. They have had 15mm of rain in the last 3 years and that was 3 months ago. Poor buggers!!Read more