Hughenden

Couldn’t get into the quirky Peri so we stayed in Hughenden
We arrived to what can only be described as a covid quarantine camp , with 5G tower and 22 huts that resembled the movie set the great escape, you expected at any point for Steve McQueen to come riding though on his motorcycle and the perimeter fence was two fences one with barbed wire, reminding us of our travels across Africa all that was missing was smashed glass bits sunken into concrete on top of a wall! Oh and a water tank, painted which actually did liven up the camp view!
A Strange outback town , motor bikes could be heard in the middle of the night with locals arguing in their he distance, we discovered this was the place a family had been abducted in the middle of the night , outsiders stole their van with them in it , they were thrown out down the road and the guys took off! Another story was a caravan pulled in after the trip over the outback with no door , they had managed to lose their caravan door at some point on the way and a house over the road recently burnt down! My god it’s like being teleported back to the UK!
Just an overnighter needed to push on to our destination walkabout creek hotel .
There is something very special waking up early in the outback , the smell, stillness and colours of the sky, something everyone should experience once in their lifetime!Read more