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    • TravelerOli's Down Under Geschichten
      2
      Day 78

      März uptade 1.0

      March 20 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C

      Der März war schon ganz erfolgreich. In den ersten 2 Wochen gab es nicht all zu spannendes zu tun. Ich war ein mal draussen auf der Station (eine Farm mit Tieren). Ansonnsten durfte ich Räder einer kleine Kutsche wechseln, Müll sammen und entsorgen, Leder gravieren, Die Grossen Kutschen auspacken und waschen und einfach die ganze Szenerie geniessen. Mit den anderen helfern hier verstehe ich mich gut. Bei ein paar Bier im Pub kam ich ins Gespräch mit Simone aus Italien. Und so kam uns die Idee Gniocci zu machen. Alles in allem gefällt es mir hier und ich freue mich auf mehr richtige Farm Arbeit.Read more

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    • TravelerNorth Queensland then West

      Longreach

      August 26, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      A short stop at Longreach to top up the drinking water supply and shop for the next 3 weeks ahead.

      There will be no shops for the next part of the trip. After shopping we had coffee and lunch before heading south to Stonehenge.

      ** Main Photo **

      "I remember the various artworks at expo 88. It was a big deal and I had season tickets to visit any time during the 6 months it was running. Even with season tickets and over 60 visits, I did not see everything in detail. The street performers were memorable.

      Rob. "

      THE DROVERS JOHN UNDERWOOD

      **Text from plaque **
      "THE DROVERS", ALSO KNOWN AS "AROUND THE CAMP FIRE" IS ONE ARTWORK FROM A LARGER SERIES OF APPROXIMATELY 50 ARTWORKS TITLED "THE HUMAN FACTOR" THAT WERE COMMISSIONED FOR WORLD EXPO '88 IN BRISBANE, AN INTERNATIONAL SPECIALISED EXPOSITION HELD AS PART OF BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS IN 1988.

      THE PIECE IS AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF CONTEMPORARY ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC ART AS OFFOSED TO FINE ART SCULPTURAL INSTALLATIONS. THESE RELATABLE, LIFELINE STATUES DELIGHTED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WHO VISITED WORLD EXPO '88 AND SERVED AS A CONTRAST TO THE OTHER, MORE ABSTRACT PIECES COMMISSIONED FOR THE EVENT.

      FOLLOWING EXPO THE DROVERS WERE PURCHASED BY THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT FOR AND DISPLAYED OUTSIDE THE PRIMARY INDUSTRIES BY THE TRIES BUILDING ON ANN STREET, BRISBANE. IT WAS FOLLOWING THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT SITE THAT THE PIECE WAS GIFTED TO LONGREACH REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR PERMANENT DISPLAY.      Read more

    • TravelerTownsville QLD
      Day 13

      Longreach

      August 5, 2023 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      The origins of Qantas and stockmans hall of fame.

    • TravelerQueensland trip 2022
      Day 59

      Locked in longreach

      April 26, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      Trapped in longreach with all roads closed in all directions.
      Record rain fall and waiting for tha water to come down the river from. Muttaburra.
      Very busy in town today with everyone driving around to look at flood waters.
      1 photo is of our sheerer packing up from fishing on the middle of the road
      We told him to keep an eye out incase any alligators get wash down the creek ( don't think he knows we don't have wild alligators in Australia maybe that's why he is a sheerer)      Read more

    • TravelerMt Isa or Bust....
      Day 88

      Look Who I Found...

      May 22, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      A trip to Blackall today to meet up with Izzy who is working at the Barcoo Pub....so proud of her confidence, independence and bravery...not many 18year olds will take on an outback pub....you go girl! Thank you for my beautiful Pandora charm for Mothers Day...can't wait to see you in Longreach!

      The Blackall slogan is "there's fuck all in Blackhall", and that would be correct lol....its home of Jackie Howe a shearer that holds the world record for the most sheep shorn in a day with hand shears. There is also a steam powered wool scour and an artesian spa and the black stump (a sculpture of the original) that coins the phrase "beyond the blackstump".

      We found another blue tree from the blue tree project just out of Barcaldine and a horse down the mainstreet of Blackall. I found a sign about dingo scalps, apparently you get paid by the council to bring in dingo scalps.

      Just added another sunset from Longreach because they just never get old!!!

      Ally and Shaun
      Xxx      Read more

    • TravelerMt Isa or Bust....
      Day 85

      An Update from Longreach...

      May 19, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Whats been happening in our world? A quick visit back to Bundy to say gday to everyone, sorry if we missed you this trip, it was a whirlwind of bikes, BBQ, shopping and partying lol. But best of all we got the bikes on a trailer and brought them up to Longreach with us.....ahhhhh I am whole again!!!

      On the way back we found a blue painted tree, there is one in Longreach too...a bit or research and I discovered they are to raise awareness for men's mental health. Here's the link to the info https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/art…

      The Black Dog ride is also headed up this way soon and we are hoping to ride a leg up to Hughenden with them. Another great way to raise awareness about depression and mental health.

      We also were asked to put our bikes in the local Longreach show in the car show...lol....my bike is really not that kind of bike, but we did it anyway....and wouldn't you know I even got three votes from the public!!! Major Booger is a star!!! Lots of horsey and sheep type of event at the show, and even got to see a jet pack show in a huge pool??? Only in the outback!!

      We had a visit from Shauns sister and had a night out at the Birdcage, a local pub....great to see a familiar face too...thanks for stopping in Leanne :-)....we would love to catch up with you if you are passing through Longreach.

      We have both been working a lot, but enjoying the lifestyle of van life, and I love love love working at the hall of fame, such an amazing place to be everyday! The first 6 weeks were definitely the hardest, and now we have settled into taking life day by day and embracing the adventure! Izzy is working in Blackall now and having her own adventure, I'm going to ride out there (about 2 hours) to catch up with her in the next couple of days......her love of adventure seems to have been passed on from me, her Aunty Pixie and even her Grandma....I'm so proud of her independence and willingness to give anything a go! If you are thinking about going on your own adventure...make it happen, you won't regret it!

      I wonder what the future holds? Who knows??? Eventually we will head north and explore more of QLD including the Cape, but there's plenty of time to do it, life is one big adventure!

      Ally and Shaun      Read more

    • TravelerMt Isa or Bust....
      1
      Day 70

      Update...Finally

      May 4, 2021 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

      So it is definitely time for an update...life got crazy busy...but time to sit down and fill you all in! So we left Mt Isa a couple of weeks ago, sad to say goodbye to our Isa crew...we made some lifelong friendships, and that's what this trip is all about. We headed back to Longreach to catch up with Jayden, Bridie and Kallen who was up visiting from Bundy. After a couple of nights down by the river at the free camp we moved into town into a caravan park for real showers and power lol. There are so so many jobs out here, the locals are crying out for workers due to no back packers, coupled with a very busy tourist season and we had a choice of lots of jobs. I did one day as a postman....I'm guessing I was Longreachs worst postie ever! Now I'm working at the Australian Stockmans Hall of Fame as a tour guide and customer service....what an amazing job, what an amazing place! Longreach has so much to offer in a holiday. Beautiful friendly people, a great main street, the Qantas museum, lotsnofntours to choose from, amazing sunset and sunrises and a real country town vibe!

      Everyday I get to wear my Ariat boots, I have now added western wrangler jeans and a blingy belt....I'm definitely fitting in! Shaun is working with Jayden and loving the new challenges and being with his boys!

      We went to Barcaldine last week and saw Busby Marou play, and we went to a drag racing meet and the local football. We have been red claw fishing and mostly lots and lots of work! Eating money for the next adventure is awesome!

      Some exciting job prospects in the pipeline too. We are heading back to Bundy for the weekend and we are getting our bikes!!!! I cannot wait to get Major Booger out here!!!!!

      If you want to catch up when we are back home we will be heading to the pub on Saturday night...hope to see some of you then :-)

      Ally and Shaun xxx      Read more

    • TravelerQueensland trip 2022
      Day 64

      The Thompson River is still rising

      May 1, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      The water has mostly subsided around town however the Thompson River is still rising so a paddle steamer tour is out of the question.
      We will have to go up the river next time we visit Longreach.

    • Novices on the road
      Day 145

      Longreach

      October 7, 2022 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

      Arrived here at Longreach at the beginning of afternoon teatime at the caravan park which was set up right beside our site, so we joined in with a very, let’s say interesting, bunch of people.
      We stayed 2 nights and were able to take in a few sites, including the Stockmans hall of fame, the Longreach school of distance education (school of the air) and a sunset paddle steamer down the Thomson river with a camp fire dinner, a short movie and some bush poetry. A very entertaining evening with a local station family and their crew who run the tours.
      The school of the air was interesting and fantastic to see and learn about how they run and how the station children receive their education. They put on a musical every second year and have 4-6 sessions at the school which last for several days. It can involve the whole family. They run Kinder through to year 12 but do the senior years in combination with other schools of the air so that they can offer a range of subjects. Many students also leave during their secondary education to attend a boarding school. Most of the bigger regional areas have boarding schools as well as Brisbane and some children attend interstate boarding schools.
      At the Stockman’s hall of fame we watched a 20 minute movie about the history of farming, stockmen and droving, in Australia. We walked through the hall of fame and then attended a show which combined a bit of country music, comedy, very well trained stock and was run by an entertainer/horse trainer. A very entertaining and informative time.      Read more

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    Longreach, LRE, 朗芮

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