Grey nomads in Australia: Longreach to Winton, Winton to Middleton and Middleton to Boulia

Three posts in one this time as we have been out of broadband range. Another fairly short hop took us to Winton, an interesting place as the real home of Qantas and the place where Waltzing Matilda was written by Banjo Paterson. The town has made a lot of that and there is a huge museum, again very well done but involving a lot of reading of boards. There was also a small dinosaur exhibition as this is dinosaur country.

Where the dinosaur exhibition was housed

Winton was a good place to spend a lot of time as Middleton was nothing but a pub and therefore there was nothing to see and do there. The pub put on a dinner for us, which was very pleasant, although it did get cold sitting in the garden.

Middleton Pub

We had a bit of rain during the night, not a lot, but when we were ready to set off in the morning, the sky was a very threatening-looking black in the direction in which we were going.

Weather, here we come

We were warned of roadworks which would force us off the road onto the soft edge, but optimistically we all ventured forth. For once we were among the early departures, which was to our advantage. Later departures landed in trouble, bogged in the mud and had to be pulled out. The rain had done its bit for the road conditions and as long as we could stay on the hard surface we were fine, but meeting anything and having to pull off was a liability. The detour for the roadworks was the last straw. It was quite an adventure but here we all are in Boulia, for a weekend of races. Nothing too special about that, you are perhaps thinking, except that the races are with CAMELS. It is going to be interesting. It seems that "Daisy" is a good one to bet on. Talking of bets, we have a group lottery ticket for tomorrow night, which is an extra big prize night for a special anniversary, so we are all planning what to do on Sunday with our winnings!