Muttaburra to Emerald
We camped a few nights at the Pump Hole Reserve at Muttaburra. The town has had a large population decline over the lat 100 years but still survives with tourists being attracted by the cheap camping, great winter weather, its heritage, sculptures and dinosaur stuff. We left Muttaburra and drove to Lake Dunn via Aramac where we had a welcome coffee stop. Lake Dunn is a bit of an oasis in the outback and has a lot of bird life. Our last stop for this part of the trip was at Bogantungan railway station. The town is unfortunately famous for Queensland's worst railway disaster when a bridge over a rain swollen collapsed under the Winton to Rockhampton passenger train in 1960 resulting in 7 deaths. We have reached Emerald where we'll have a stay before turning south to commence our journey home. I've already done a few rides around Emerald and found that the magpie season has well and truly started. Slaters crossing the road in Muttaburra - loc...