Road Trip to Emerald QLD

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Over four stops we travelled 1200 kms north into QLD. Straight up Thunderbolts Way to Goondiwindi then continued north on the Leichhart Hwy until we turned west at the Tropic of Capricorn. With each day the weather was milder. Finally we were able to unclench our tight frozen muscles and relax in the sunshine of 24 degrees.

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Photos

Over the Border
Made it to QLD., Goondiwindi. Only spent one night here and managed a lovely hot artesian bore bath to sooth the weary travelling bones.

Wandoan a Mining Town
One night stop over here.

Wandoan Camp Spot
A lovely parkland where RV's are encouraged to stay overnight. We had the place to ourselves.

A Walk Around the Lake
The parkland had paths to follow and enjoy the view.

Pelican Feeding
Looks like a good size fish it has caught.

Sunrise at Wandoan
I really enjoyed our stopover. A pretty reserve even though the town itself was quite dead.

Moura
Another stopover at Dawson River. This was full of Grey Nomads. There are a lot of these places to stay near rivers. Often they are extremely flood prone.

Bedford Weir
This is about 25km out of Blackwater. Blackwater is a huge coal mining community.

Mackenzie River
Our camp was on the far side of this shot. Another free camp site but set up like a caravan park with a caretaker and a lot of rules. Very busy place.

Even a Herb Garden
The caretakers were quite lovely and allowed us to use their herb garden. They also put on a soup and dessert night. Delicious. We stayed 7 nights here.

Emerald
Only spent one night in Emerald but had a good look around. It was bigger than I had imagined.

Giant Easle
Based on Van Gough's Sunflower painting to represent the region as a sunflower producer.