Birdsville

With a car load of rocks we left Boulia and headed for Birdsville. We were actually going to head out to Inaminka but we were getting word that Covid was getting really bad in NSW and the boarders would be closed between there and Queensland. Well, we didn’t want to go anywhere where Covid was active and we didn’t want to get stuck in NSW. So we decided to drive to Birdsville and then listen to the news and find out exactly what was happening. Although we had been to Birdsville before this time was via a different route via Bedourie. The first place of interest was the Dingo fence, this was built in the 1880’s to keep the dingo’s out of the fertile south east. It is the longest fence in the world at 5,614km from the Eyre Peninsula to Jimbour in Queensland.

As we drove on we passed over the Tropic of Capricorn marked for us all to see and take photos.

Once again here we are out in the middle of absolutely nowhere and we experience sights there to be seen. Our next stop was a remembrance site to a young man I will let you have a read.

From here on we noticed all the lovely wild flowers growing at the side of the road, the photos do not do them justice they were so colorful and so many of them.

It was a lovely days drive taking our time and taking in the sights. We were soon heading into Birdsville it looked somewhat different to the last time we came, last time the races were on. When the races are on there are people, caravans, tents, food wagons and entertainment stalls everywhere. Now it was the pub and streets. I have to say I preferred it whilst the races were on as the atmosphere was great. We drove just outside of town to camp for the night. The pub was open so we thought as we could not even get near the door last time we would go in and have dinner at one of Australia’s most iconic pubs.

It did not disappoint with lots of memorabilia hanging about the place and plenty of laughs to be had as you looked about and took it all in. The food was great too so with full bellies we left the pub and headed back to camp for a fire. This is just a pit stop so we will be on our way the next day. We have definitely decided we will not go into NSW so are heading parallel to the NSW boarder down towards Thargomindah area. Trevor knows these roads and is taking us the scenic route.