10-32 deg C, another sunny day
After a little sleep-in and walks, we were heading out of Thargomindah about 8:30 am, with the main aim being to find gas. When we drove through Eulo, we noticed the cafe/store had a swap and go for gas, so made a stop. While we we there we also just had to have a coffee and a muffin, well it was morning tea time after all. An interesting little town which deserved a walk around.
Onwards to Cunnamulla where we stopped to visit the Information Centre, in particular the Artesian Time Tunnel. All the displays in the centre are very well done, and the short film about the Great Artesian Basin is also well done and easy to understand. After the visit, it was time for lunch and we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to try a camel burger at the cafe. The burgers were good and the meat did not taste much different to your ordinary beef patty, but had a little more depth in the taste. Not as gamey as kangaroo though. After a short walk around the place, we headed off once more on our journey East, just a little closer to home.
Because we now have gas, we don’t need a caravan park and decided that the Wallam Creek camp ground at Bollon was perfect. On-site toilets and free hot showers not far away in town. There’s plenty of water in the creek at present so the bird life is abundant, including a few very friendly feral ducks and geese. We were set up overlooking the creek by 3:30 pm. After a cuppa, we explored the small town, which didn’t take us very long at all. We both really love these tiny towns which go out of their way to cater for the ever increasing nomad population of this country.
The moon was still up this morning
A lot of information
Truckies showers and toilets
A pet kangaroo
Thargomindah street art
Pub where we had our meals
Historic house at Thargomindah
Bulloo River reflections
Eulo servo/store/cafe
Diprotodon at Eulo
Eulo War Memorial/Cenotaph
Eulo Queen Hotel
Cunnamulla
Cunnamulla Artesian Time Tunnel
Displays in the Cunnamulla Info Centre
A sheep waiting to be shorn
Shearing shed model
Shearer's quarters model
Cunnamulla murals
Wallam Creek
Bollon War Memorial/Cenotaph
Bollon pub
