Australian Journey 1987

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June 23, Tuesday.
Had a look around Cloncurry and a museum that had a few Burke & Will exhibits, which included Burkes water bottle and part of the tree, marked with roman numerals 121, indicating that Burkes expedition had passed this way. Had an interesting talk with the curator.
It started to rain on my way out of town and decided not to take a dirt track into Mt Isa but followed the sealed road instead. I soon arrived at the intersection and turned toward the south. Overhead the clouds didn’t look good and I had been told further south they have had a lot of rain. The weather was cooler so jeans and a jacket were now being worn. After a 445-kilometre drive I arrived at Boulia and booked into the town’s caravan park. Bought a new hat named after the town, it’s a high-set hat, much like "Hos" Cartwrights hat in the TV show Bonanza. All the cattlemen wear this fashion up here. So I didn’t look out of place. Met a “Ringer” from a local station and we drank for most of the evening at the pub.

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