10-19 degC, overcast and drizzly to start, cloudy with patches of sun, to sunny with patches of clouds, all accompanied by that same lazy wind
We have been on the road now for 12 weeks and have loved every minute of it.
We were on the road again just before 9 am. The destination today, Cue was only 'just down the road'. There were signs for gold mines at numerous places along most of the 117 km today, we are now well into the Goldfields. We stopped for mornos a bit before 10 am and arrived at the Cue Tourist Park just before 11 am, after refuelling. There is not much grass around here hence it was a tad muddy when we first arrived, however, by the afternoon it was mostly dry due to the wind. Before having lunch we went for a walk as it looked like the rain had finished. Coming back from the walk it started to drizzle which didn't matter as it seemed to dry before it hit us. The wind was still cold though, even at midday.
After the lunch routine, the sun had come out so we went out for another walk around Cue. Managed to clock up 10.6 km today on our walks around Meeka and Cue.
Cue was once a thriving gold town, however it is now a quaint little town with nothing much open. It has however kept its heritage trail well signed and maintained. There are some renovations being conducted on a couple of lovely old stone buildings, the old gaol and old railway station. They are obviously being upgraded into more modern and therefore useable ones. The old railway station will become a clubhouse/changeroom as it is adjacent the oval/sports ground but we're not sure what the goal will be used for. It would make a great reception building for the Caravan Park as it is right at the entrance. 
A wet and grey morning in Meeka
Meek Presbyterian Church (used to be the Anglican Church)
Meeka Masonic Lodge
Meeka mail truck
Ponds were overflowing this morning from all the rain
Drive scenery
Mornos spot
Cue murals
Pensioner's / Miners Huts - in 1955 they became available for men on pensions
who had been miners - now used as cabins in the caravan park
Cue Masonic Lodge, built in 1899 of timber and galvanised (corrugated) iron.
It has been described as being of "sophisticated Victorian Second Empire style".
The old railway station building undergoing renovations
Old fire station
Not sure what this building was / is, but it is very old
Cue Community and Visitor Centre
Murchison Club Hotel
Catholic Church
Main street of Cue (Great Northern Highway)
Cue looking a bit sad
Rotunda
Cue Cenotaph / War Memorial
Oasis rest area and visitor parking complete with picnic tables under shelters
Old hospital, built in 1895 made from local stone
Rabbit proof fence
Stuart's Desert Pea
Kintore Blow
Old Goal
Looks like a very interesting little town.
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