Julia Creek RV Rest

Arrive at Julia Creek and park in the main street to have a look around. Go to the Tourist Information Centre and enjoy looking at some of the displays there (very good) - decide we'll come back tomorrow to do some more stuff here. Continue walking along the street, I go into a Pharmacy and get a few items (cosmetics) and then catch up to Roger and we call into a cafe - end up having their 'today's special' a icecream sundae each - caramel for Roger, lime for me. I was a little disappointed for $5 each - only small serve of icecream with topping. Have a nice chat with another travelling couple we have seen along the way - they're also heading to Mt Isa for the rodeo, so we'll probably see them a few more times yet. Now go back to our ute and van, to drive to find some fuel, then we go to the bottle shop to restock on bubbles and beer. Next back the way we came into Julia Creek to go to the RV Rest Park. See the park caretaker, get our permit and then select our camp spot, making sure we have room for when Steve and Jenny Brown arrive later today with their caravan. Looking forward to catching up with them. they're on their way back from their holiday in Kurumba.
We set ourselves up, then have lunch - sandwiches and toasties. Relaxing waiting for Browns to arrive, I prepare a date damper for us to cook this evening, and a nibbles, cheese and biscuits tray to have when Brown's arrive. They get here just after 3.30pm - so have a lovely afternoon/ evening sitting about camp catching up together. Roger cooks our tea on our campfire - pork chops with stir-fry vegetables. Steve and Jenny have their chicken stir-fry (reheated leftovers). We all enjoy the damper for dessert. Retire to our caravans to do our dishes - Brown's intending to watch Olympics on their TV, we're just usual routine of Rog has a shower, I write this, then bed.
Have set my alarm to wake me at 6.45am to be ready to go for a morning walk with Steve at an agreed time of 7am. Even though I'm ready in good time, Jenny let's me know at 7 that he's already gone for his walk....no worries, I just do an hour or so myself. Get back to have porridge with Roger and enjoy a leisurely breakfast sitting outside at a provided table near the water. Steve and Jenny now organised to leave - heading towards Longreach - so we see them off. Great to see them both - they're going well. I have a shower, then we leave - thinking we'll be in the Julia Creek Caravan Park next, doing washing etc. We park with the van in the main street and go to the Tourist Centre in time for the Dunnart feeding at 10am (tour $5 each, plus we paid the same again to watch a Mustering video with 3D eye mask!). After watch Duncan the Dunnart, we go back to our ute and van to go to the Caravan Park, get there and it's too early to check in (at 11am and it's 10.40) so we drive off to check out a Museum to fill in the time. Do this and then go back to the caravan park to find they're fully booked out for tonight (and onwards for a while). Ah ha - lesson here?? OK, to the laundromat to do 2 loads of washing, have our lunch in the caravan while we wait the 35 minutes it takes. Then collect our wet washing and head back to the RV Rest Park, get our same spot, and Roger puts out rope amongst the near by trees so we hang our washing to dry. Now relax for the afternoon. Roger reads, I work on our finance records and pay Roger's drivers licence renewal. He now needs to, within 3 months, get to a Australia Post outlet that can take his photo for his new VicRoads licence. He goes for a drive to Julia Creek PO, but not the right person available to take his 'mug shot'. We Rog gets back, more relaxing before tea preparation, crumbed snitzels with Sharon's parma sauce and grilled cheese on top with salad - mmm delicious! First evening I notice mosquitos about so I retreat into our van for the rest of the evening. Roger has his shower, heads to bed, I follow much later after starting to use 'TravelSpend' App - and playing 'catch up' filling in up to now expenses. Interesting to see our spending is averaging around $200 a day - this certainly in part thanks to Horizontal Falls booking and caravan insurance! Yes and fuel is a biggie too, and if we didn't eat it would be lower lol! Treat myself to watching another Episode (7 S1) of A Guided Age before sleep.
Friday morning sees us in no rush, up about 8am, breakfast and shower for me. While I shower Roger drives into Julia Creek to PO to try his luck again for his licence photo - not to be, suggest he goes to a bigger PO that has access to link with VicRoads. We get the caravan ready to move out - and then go and park in the main street of Julia Creek so we can have a final look around before leaving for Cloncurry.もっと詳しく