Out of bed at 5:30 and a quick breakfast with Peta and Oliver, who wanted to smell Lyn's hair.
Dropped off and farewelled by Peta at the bus station at 6:35. It was still dark when the bus left but we enjoyed the dawn and sunrise as we passed through hilly desert country on the way to Conclurry. The red hills turned to gold as the sun hit them.
We stopped at Cloncurry for breakfast and Kynuna for morning tea. The old house where we heard the story of Waltzing Matilda with Catherine and John in 1998 was still there but the storyteller has no doubt passed on.
Lunch was at the Coolibah Cafe in the Winton Waltzing Matilda Museum. We had a beef and salad sandwich which was several inches high and beautifully decorated. Up to the standard of Betty's in York. the coffee was of high standard also.
Across the road was the swagman.
Next to our bus was an opal shop with much attractive jewellery. The country around here is very flat with mainly spinifex, buffle grass and Mitchell grass.
Dropped off and farewelled by Peta at the bus station at 6:35. It was still dark when the bus left but we enjoyed the dawn and sunrise as we passed through hilly desert country on the way to Conclurry. The red hills turned to gold as the sun hit them.
Lunch was at the Coolibah Cafe in the Winton Waltzing Matilda Museum. We had a beef and salad sandwich which was several inches high and beautifully decorated. Up to the standard of Betty's in York. the coffee was of high standard also.
Across the road was the swagman.
Next to our bus was an opal shop with much attractive jewellery. The country around here is very flat with mainly spinifex, buffle grass and Mitchell grass.
The highway followed the train line through to Longreach, but unfortunately no passenger trains come this far to Winton only a railway bus. We alighted near the Information Office and obtained a map which showed us the Abajaz Motel, which we reached by following a concrete botanical trail. Lyn remembered this trail from the last time we passed through here. She explored it while the Shell mechanic adjusted our handbrake. Along the way we were confronted with hundreds of corellas who were denuding the park trees.
We have a great motel room close to the station and shops. A stroll around the town convinced us that this will be a better place for Aidan and Peta to live. We just hope they can finish their house before they move out of Mount Isa. It is a 6+ hour drive between the two towns.
We were very comfortable in the Mount Isa house and ever since we left home we have had excellent accommodation. The Abajaz Motel is no exception.
Another early start tomorrow. The Spirit of the Outback is sitting at the station and we aim to be on board at 7am.
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