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September 12th 2013

Published: September 27th 2013

Quilpie was a much larger town than we’ve been in recently with a population of 650. Quilpie comes from an aboriginal word for Curlew. We were excited to find a supermarket but unfortunately the limited fresh produce still tastes like cardboard. I’m not sure how they’ve perfected cardboard flavoured meat, vegetables and water but they have done it well in the Channel Country. Although thi... Read Full Entry

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Dave & Grace

lonierangers

Been on the road since 10.11.2010. We still call Newcastle (NSW) home as that's where most of our family and friends are. In reality home is our Opalite caravan 24ft, and our Ford Ranger (hence the name Lonie Rangers). Our car is the Silver Bullet from the Lone Ranger, put this together with Dave's surname being Lonie, and there our title was created. I'd say we travel at a snails pace, there is no rush, we have the rest of our lives. However, going slow allows us to experience each place and move when we're ready for the next adventure. We do a fair bit of independent camping in the bus... full info

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Where’s My Mother?

Dave Loves his Bird Watching

Wildlife Abounds

A Final Treat

Just before leaving we saw these graceful Brolgas dancing and it was raining...oh the joy!

Charleville

The rain followed us to Charleville and it seemed not only our bodies were cleansed but so too our soul. Our neighbours van in the pic. The caravan park put on bush tucker, spit roast and camp oven cooking. Although both Dave and I agree my cooking is better now I’m quite the bushy.

Vortex Cannons

The rain did stop by the following day, however maybe we could have created some more using these Stiger Vortex Cannons. Clement Wragge, a meteorologist and rain maker, fired rain making gas into the air from these cannons to stop the drought in 1902. It was unsuccessful, however it had worked in Europe previously.

Yabby Races

Our yabby Number 5, Phar Snak seemed big and strong in the water but after being let out of the ring it hardly moved. However, we did notice when he was off and racing he was at a disadvantage due to some missing legs.

Cosmos Observatory

An evening spent with the telescopes was very informative. We saw Saturn and its rings, Venus, Constellations not visible to the eye, Blue, and Red stars, craters on the moon and other things pointed out. We had high expectations of being able to see colours of the planets but they were small and silver.

Venus

Dave was able to get a better picture of Venus with his camera, than the high powered telescopes. Anyway heading South now to find a camp spot where we can spot the constellations whilst we sit by the camp fire. Looking forward to leaving town.

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