We had a little hitchhiker travel with us for a while. Had to wait until smoko, to let him free. So many butterflies up here and lots of birds I have never seen anywhere else as well.
Travelled thru the coal mining area, have never seen such huge trains in my life. I wish I had counted all the wagons carrying coal just to have an idea of how long they were. Here is a pile of coal on one side of the freeway and the loading facility going across the road. Everywhere we drove all we saw were trains full of coal on both sides of the road. It was a great insight into a different product being produced out here. Ros tells me they all go up North, I think Mackay, where the big ships are waiting in the bays to be loaded, up to 8 or more ships at a time waiting their turn.
We found this beautiful free camp and pulled up in the park. When we opened our door we had this right in front of us, complete with a small waterfall. Couldnt have asked for anything nicer. Had a few drinks enjoying the view and then decided to cook dinner outside. Just got ourselves organised when all of a sudden a storm blew in. Within a matter of a minute, we had thick dust cover us and everything else outside, strong winds and then came the rain. Only the 2nd time we have had rain since we left in early March. It absolutely bucketed down, together with thunder & lightning. From calm to gale in a few minutes. The camp was flooded with water, visilbilty was zero. The next morning when we woke up, it was almost dry. Disappeared as fast as it had come. Ros & Tony sat and watched the lightning show and I was tucked up inside cheering on my favourites Dan & Steph on My Kitchen Rule. Hope they win the Grand Final on Sunday.
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