Charleville to Winton

The nice day time weather continues with cool overnight temperatures. David and I have been riding almost every day, exploring Charleville, Augathella, Tambo and Blackall.

At Charleville we had a bit of luxury by staying in a campground with power and water. We visited the Cosmos experience at Charleville where we looked through some expensive telescopes at the night sky. There were a few nice coffee establishments and a good Thai restaurant where we enjoyed our last dinner in town.

We free camped at Augathella and Tambo by rivers and had a great pub meal at Tambo. At Blackall we got a really nice spot by the river on the town common so stayed 4 nights. There are some great coffee places there and a few things to see and do, including the thermal pool/aquatic centre which is popular with grey nomads.

Our next nearly free camp at $5 a night was beside the Barcoo River at Isisford. The great weather and bike rides kept going. At Longreach we stayed in a caravan park and caught up with shopping, eating out and more bike rides.

After Longreach we camp at the Winton Long Waterhole for a few nights. It was busy but we got good spots by the water where there a good amount of bird life - and no flies - not like last year!

We split up with the Willies for a few night and went north to camp at the Ayrshire Hills while the Willies toured the Richmond and Hughenden areas. At Ayrshire Hills it was quite warm so we left the tailgate of the Cruiser open during the day to help the fridge ventilate. The evening before leaving we found a mud wasp nest in the car under the steering column. That was the most exciting thing to happen for a while.