Day 3 – Thursday July 22 2021 – 453km

A pleasant morning in Bourke and after breakfast we headed off towards the Queensland border and Cunamulla. Lots of dead kangaroos, long straight roads and some roadtrains and caravans headed south. Very flat desert landscape with sparse vegetation, grasses and small shrubs. A harsh landscape.

 On the midday news they announced that the QLD border would close at 1 am.  We already crossed the border, but close.

Outside Cunamulla we were stopped at a Police checkpoint to check our Covid travel credentials and our permissions to enter Queensland.  The police officers were very pleasant & polite & recommended the camel burger at the Cunamulla Café.  We parked near the Cunamulla Council chambers and walked the short distance to the main street & the Cunamulla café.  The camel burger was tasty and the coffee was good. We had some nice chats with some of the locals & got some good advice on where to buy fresh vegetables.  Amazing, I ran into a former work colleague from Canberra as we were checking out of the café, what a small world.

The road to Charleville was another 200km and just as uneventful, more dead kangaroos, lots more birds & lots more desert landscape, with large sand dunes near the road. A few roadtrains & a few cars with caravans heading south. We stopped at the Red Lizard campsite a few miles south of Charleville, bare red dirt amongst the trees but with great amenities. They have some good tin sculptures of brolgas & an eagle as well. Tereza cooked up Thai beef salad a great birthday dinner that we shared with Sue & John plus a few glasses of red that James gave me for my birthday. (great choice James). Tereza even produced a birthday cake. The temperature was a pleasant 20 C.  We sat outside enjoyed the beautiful sunset.  Very pleasant indeed. Another great day.