Gismo Queen and her King

Day 3 - Cobar to Cunnamulla

We did some pretty good driving today (Greg even said so) to get well over the Queensland border. Apparently NSW cattle aren't allowed here though as I had to jump the cattle grid to take the photo above.

The day started noisily in Cobar with the mine traffic waking Greg early (ear plugs helped me keep sleeping) so we were on the road just after 8am. First stop of the day was the Fort Bourke lookout. As you can see (especially those who have been to Kalgoorlie) it's no Super Pit. However, the presence of a bus in the lookout carpark made me practice my reversing (Mum, you'd be proud) and the lookout was certainly worth it after that,

We then headed up the road to Bourke, again watching out for goats (a few - but nothing like yesterday) and sheep and cattle and emus and arrived in Bourke for morning tea. We headed to the Back O'Bourke Centre and went through their exhibition, which was done very well and had plenty of stories for us both to listen to. The one that stuck with us the most was about Outback Legend Barefoot Harry who earnt his nickname after he vowed never to wear shoes again when he took too long to take his boots off and his wife drowned. From that day on, he never wore shoes, hoping to save someone else from the misfortune that befell his wife. He never got the chance but he earnt a place in folklore with some long tales. After a pleasant lunch at the Back O'Bourke, we hit the road again, for yet more very straight, very boring roads. We easily passed where I mapped out our overnight stop and instead kept going, over the Queensland border and into Cunnamulla. A quick search of the Hema to identify a campsite suggested the Weir and so here we are:
As we settled back under the awning with a beer and snacks to watch this awesome sunset, and listen to the birds (especially my favourites, the pelicans) on the Warrego River in front of this, we both agreed this is the life.

posted by Tracey @ 6:19 pm