Heading for Boulia

Contrary to the old farts comments when moving into our site we got out easily and were soon on the road again. There is just something about being out on the open road, we all really enjoy it and the more remote the better. So dirt tracks mapped out we made our way towards Boulia. It will be a few days before we get there passing through Hughenden and Winton. We drove for a couple of hours and pulled up in a gravel pit for the night, the journey was uneventful apart from the very strange cloud formation we saw poking behind a tree. It looked like a UFO, we got on to the Prendy’s via UHF to ask if they had seen it. The Gravel pit we pulled into had heaps of trees that had been felled so Trevor and Jock got to cutting some wood to restock for fires along with plenty for a fire that night.

Next day we pulled in to Hughenden and Jock was so hoping for a bakery run but everything was closed! Next stop was Winton, this is one of those places that we always seems to need to drive through to get to where we are going and always worth a stop. We once again stayed in the show grounds as there is always plenty of room. We decided to eat out at the local hotel, it was a nice meal and the men had a chance to watch the footie on a big screen. I do not know what it is about Winton but I really like it here just a small country town without being too small.

We had a couple of days in Winton to catch up with a few things but once again it was time to move on. A little sad from now on as we know we are just heading home. We are just trying to drag it out a little by touring about out west. As we travelled towards Boulia our destination to find out about the Min Min lights, there were huge open spaces and dirt roads just as we like it. The amount of Emu’s and Camels we have seen on this trip is unbelievable also lots of cattle crossing the road. We did see some Eagles but not as many as we had seen on our trip in 2019 in the Kimberley’s. We came across a pub out in the middle of all that nothingness, yep A pub, nothing else, although there were things about to suggest it was a little more than just a pub at some stage. It did a nice lunch and some really nice pictures were to be had. One picture I got was the phone box!!!! Yes in the middle of nowhere. This little………don’t really know what to call it?? Ah…..watering hole, is called Middleton.

At last we were pulling into Boulia the home of the Min Min lights. Our camp for the next couple of days was a free camp at Boulia race course, we got right into the bush by the river a lovely spot. Boulia is a very small town but seems to be building to encourage tourists. I would reccomend it as a matter of fact I love it, don’t ask me why, I just felt comfortable here and would have stayed longer. Jock and I both felt the same and have decided one trip we will come and stay a while. The one shop other than the “supermarket” had a sign on its door. If you would like to browse call this number and I will open up. I suppose with not many people about and because they live behind the shop they may aswell be at home than sit in a shop with no customers. It was almost the same with the tiny supermarket, it was open but if you were desperate and it was closed you could call them and they would open, this especially applied on a Sunday. We went to the Min Min center but were too late for the show on the day we arrived. We would have to come back in the morning. They told us there was a museum too so we also plan to see that tomorrow. For now we just had a little drive around the town (which didn’t take long!) to get our bearings. Then went back to camp and had a fire ready for our day tomorrow.