Day 22 – Tuesday 10 August 2021 – 598km

Up at sunrise, again a stunning view of the landscape out our Karavan window.  We are on the road early and stop at the Three Ways Roadhouse to refuel and morning tea before heading across to Barkly Homestead. There are so many caravans on the road heading north and so many of them are big caravans, we are amazed. The road trains are also numerous, with most of them four trailers long, there were a lot of army trucks as well. The scenery changes from jump ups and small ranges to with twists and turns and ups and downs to long straight flat stretches.

We stop at Barkly Homestead to stretch our legs and have lunch. Out the front is a collection of old steam engines and inside an old Rudge motorcycle is hung above the bar. We both order a monster Barkly Burger, it is so big I can hardly put my mouth around it. When we finish it we are both so full. It was delicious. After Barkly Homestead the road turns to endless straight roads and flat treeless land as far as the eye can see. We cross into Queensland and arrive at Camooweal shortly after, around 4.30pm by the time we set up camp at Camooweal Billabong. There are lots of caravans in here stretched out along the billabong. The census person arrives in her ute and gives us a form to fill in for tonight. We take a walk along the billabong and enjoy the numerous birdlife and the waterlilies in flower. There are other people doing the same so we stop & chat to them as well, it is very sociable. A highlight is seeing a gaggle of brolgas feeding along the water edge, these are such a rare bird to see and they are very stately. We don’t have any dinner tonight, so full from lunch still. The stars are again amazing in the huge black sky that you cannot experience in the cities.  Another great day.