Longreach - Barcaldine - Charleville- Bourke.

Longreach - Barcaldine - Charleville- Bourke.
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6th July

We stayed 2 nights at Longreach as Pat wanted to go see the

Qantas  Museum. So I stayed back at the van and did some crochet work .  

This free camp get very full.  I took this photo about 10,am 

 and they were starting to come in.  By 3.pm all the best spots were taken.

Qantas Iris of longreach 

 Catalina 

Left Longreach on the 8th July and made our way to 

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Barcaldine qld  .Staying to nights here.

 Only a small town but very clean and tidy .

In the middle of town out the front of an old Railway Station

 There is a great big wooden cover over an old dead  gum tree 

 That has been perceived it is said that this tree was were the workman’s union started.

 The site of the 150-year-old, 10-meter Ghost Gum located in the center of

 Barcaldine town central west Queensland. 

It is a symbol of an important time in Australia's political development.  

 It was used as the meeting place for shearers during their unsuccessful strike of 1891.

 During that strike, as well as the maritime strike of 1890, a crucial and historical connection was forged between unions and what was to become the 

 Australian Labor Party.

 In April 2006 the Tree of Knowledge was poisoned and did not recover.

 It was felled and  perceived.  So  on 29 July 2007 the site remains an important place of

 National Heritage.

The Tree of Knowledge was included in the National Heritage List on 26 January 2006.

When the wind blows the wooden logs bang together and plays  musical notes.

It is light up of a night time 

just having some fun on a music wooden thing 

 While out for a look around we had to slow up for the

 cattle being driven along the edge of the road 

to feed on the greener grass we gave them a wave  and the two young men waved  back. 

and started creaking the wipe  for us  that sounded so good. 

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10th July 

We left Barcaldine  and drove on towards Charleville and found a Bush camp 

just  out of town only $20. A night with power and water. So we are staying to nights here. 

Behind the tin fence they all sit around the fire and have a talk and eat on munchies

 they call it happy hour.

Just going to sit  in the sunshine to get warm 

 This is a lovely old Queenslander house they look so great done up. 

While waiting for Pat to come with our car witch you can just see him coming along the road far right . I took a photo of an old Pub called - Old Charleville - 

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12th July arrived at Bourke N.S.W 

The Darling River

After setting the caravan up in the rain and wind we decided

 to wait till the next day to go have a look  around . 

We went along to take a look at the very old waif  on the Darling River. 

pat went to have a look at the lower level 

I just stayed up the top Level 

Had a look around the town this is the main street 

I must say I thought Bourke was a much bigger town. 

On the way back to the caravan Park we stopped to take a photo of the old 

Darling River Bridge 

It is still very windy and cold here  

We will be leaving  here tomorrow and will not be sorry to go. 

So till next stop and more photo’s will say by for now.

Hope you have enjoyed my Blog.

Love to all and our little Riley family xxxx

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Maureen and Pat