Fri 14/6/2013 Longreach
This morning I washed our bedsheets and clothes, so we smell much sweeter.
We went to the RACQ agent and an auto electrician to get their opinion about the battery incase that had caused the car problem but they both gave it a clean bill of health.
We took a picnic lunch and set off to Starlight’s Lookout, along the Muttaburra road. A cattle duffer named Harry Readford is purported to have placed a man to keep watch from this knob while he gathered 1000 head of cattle from Bowen Downs Station which he and two associates drove through largely unexplored country into South Australia. The mob was sold and Readford and his mates returned to the eastern states. Readford was caught and faced charges of cattle stealing, but was acquitted. The Knob is a very interesting and picturesque site.
Sat 15/6/2013 Longreach
I hunted on the internet for church contacts in Longreach but could not find any so we made a picnic lunch and set off to explore around town. We had a look around the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame.
Next we drove out to have a look at the free camping area on the banks of the Thomson River. There were a small village of travellers taking advantage of the free facilities but it was tidy and clean.
We ate our lunch and watched kestrels and other birds flying around.
We went for a walk though the local cemetery to look for historic graves. We couldn't find even one head stone that mentioned the hope of the second coming.
Following that we had a 3.5km walk along the nature reserve in the town common. It was very dry. It was interesting to see the kangaroo trails in the dust.
Pizza for tea!
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