Day 4 – Friday July 23 2021 – 476km

A later start today, Sue wasn’t well last night, the Red Lizard campsite was very good and quite. A recommendation to stay here again.  We drove the short distance into Charleville and refuelled with diesel and AdBlue.  

We parted with Sue & John here because they went to the hospital emergency where they couldn’t help her & recommended for them to return to Canberra as there are few & far between large hospitals in the outback.  This really put a damper on our trip.

Our drive through to Tambo for lunch was uneventful, more long straight flat roads and lots of caravans coming from the other direction. The scenery was more of the same, horizon as far as the eye can see, grasses, short trees & scrub. The Fanny Mae’s Café in Tambo served great food and coffee, it was a popular stop for the locals and tourists alike. Outside were some amazing horse sculptures from dried tree branches.

Barcaldine was our next stop and at the railway station is the Tree of Knowledge monument, the place where the Australian Labour Party was formed and the union movement was started in Australia by the shearers. A fairly impressive and very large monument with long timber chimes making music in the wind. We refuelled again and headed towards Muttaburra, stopping just south of Aramac to set up our bush camp for the night in off the road a bit. The caravan park in Barcaldine was packed full like sardines.  It is so pleasant out here by the river with only a few other caravans’.

The dinner, sunset & moonrise were all very good. Another great day.