As has become tradition since being self-unemployed we headed off on a few weeks of travelling the nether parts of Q. Along with 18.5 billion southerners fleeing the ravages of covidville.
This time we visited family on a cattle property (apparently 60,000 and 45,000 acres doesn’t add up to a station, just a property) and a few spots along the way up to Chillagoe. We spent about half the time in the camper and the other in cabins or motels with overnighters in the motels.
As there are so many of you foreigners on the roads I figured a good place to start would be our road signs, some of which are unique and cover information you need to know in this part of the state. I am not talking about crocs, you get too close and warnings aren’t much use.
this is pretty obvious, cows are bigger than sheep, except we saw one of these with a circle and line through it so clearly not always.
yes they are long but that doesn’t mean you sit too close behind and refuse to pass to make it harder for anyone else to get past, arse hats.
this one means that the road train you passed an hour ago will be having intimate relations with your vehicle any second now.
this is to trap train spotters into thinking we still use steam locomotives and they will thus sit on the side of the road waiting until they perish, this is a community service.
this indicates that the road is about to become so bad you will damage your suspension.
this is as fast as you will ever get in your Morris.
conversely you aint getting up there.
our cows have developed a taste for Morris cars, mostly those trying to get up hills.
hambo has been here looking for steam locos...
Now that is sorted onto the trip.
A mostly coastal route was selected to go North, this was of course a mistake. Road works around major towns and cities is being stimulated and there are seemingly endless km of roads where you are going to be slowed, stopped and pissed around on.
Places of interest were Finch Hatton gorge near Mackay / Eungella, Chillagoe caves and Porcupine gorge near Hughenden and a revisit to the Australian Age of Dinosaurs near Winton where footprints in a billabong were preserved.
Some stand outs that deserve mention. Had the absolute worst meal I have ever paid for in a place that came highly recommended in Ingham, be warned. Atherton was crazy town. That is all that needs to be said. We had a quick change of plans for accommodation and stayed at Chillagoe Cabins, the cabins and the owners were awesome.
Quite a few towns, particularly those on the fringe of the outback are doing their best to cater for the grey gonads and their caravans but some just don’t get it.
Anyway onto the pics: note with over 1,000 photos to look through this will take a while
This time we visited family on a cattle property (apparently 60,000 and 45,000 acres doesn’t add up to a station, just a property) and a few spots along the way up to Chillagoe. We spent about half the time in the camper and the other in cabins or motels with overnighters in the motels.
As there are so many of you foreigners on the roads I figured a good place to start would be our road signs, some of which are unique and cover information you need to know in this part of the state. I am not talking about crocs, you get too close and warnings aren’t much use.
Now that is sorted onto the trip.
A mostly coastal route was selected to go North, this was of course a mistake. Road works around major towns and cities is being stimulated and there are seemingly endless km of roads where you are going to be slowed, stopped and pissed around on.
Places of interest were Finch Hatton gorge near Mackay / Eungella, Chillagoe caves and Porcupine gorge near Hughenden and a revisit to the Australian Age of Dinosaurs near Winton where footprints in a billabong were preserved.
Some stand outs that deserve mention. Had the absolute worst meal I have ever paid for in a place that came highly recommended in Ingham, be warned. Atherton was crazy town. That is all that needs to be said. We had a quick change of plans for accommodation and stayed at Chillagoe Cabins, the cabins and the owners were awesome.
Quite a few towns, particularly those on the fringe of the outback are doing their best to cater for the grey gonads and their caravans but some just don’t get it.
Anyway onto the pics: note with over 1,000 photos to look through this will take a while
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