Thursday, September 4, 2014

Camooweal, Barkly Homestead and Tennant Creek.





 Mount Isa we are travelling west to Camooweal which was an area to which most of the cattle came for shipment, but with the demise of the rail and the  coming of the large cattle haulers has
Now become just a very small town. the Drivers Camp Museum is veryinteresting and the cave national
Park is only viewers from above. lake Francis is a short distance from the town and part of the Georgina River , an abundance of bird life and water lillies can be seem here.

the park was very nice and like most other parks we stay in have toilet and shower blocks and laundry facilities. Some also have camp kitchens and barbecues for your use.  Although we can cook in the camper we usually do use some of the facilities to cook or just wash up after meals.

From here it was on to the Barkley Homestead where we stayed overnight and then in the morning we were on to Tennant Creek.  
We arrived early today and the first thing to do was laundry. Because most parks do not have dryers it means that we hang out all of the laundry and it needs several hours to dry.  After dinner we went to hear a old gentleman tell stories of the area, do some bush poetry and tell us about the bush. 
Have ate my first witchity bug, actually tasted not bad.
Getting up early tomorrow to go out to the lake to see what birds and animals might be there.



Camooweal
Dedicated to The Drovers



Mural for Drovers
Lilies in the pond along the Georgina River but the river was dry

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