30th August 2015 From Julia Creek to Camooweal

30th August 2015              From Julia Creek to Camooweal

On the way to Camooweal we drove through Cloncurry and Mount Isa stopping for lunch at a rest area beside the road.  Lots of road-trains use this route so care must be taken when they are around.

Lunch Stop just before Mount Isa
(Note our lovely clean trailer with a black tonneau cover - later in this
 blog it turns brown from the red dust of the Kimberleys!)

Road-train

Central Hotel - Cloncurry

Cloncurry Post Office

An early morning cup of tea after an overnight stop at the Camooweal Billabong (a free camping spot).

No facilities at all at this camping area beside the Camoolweal Billabong.  Very pretty but once again the river is not flowing but is just a series of billabongs with lots of birds.  We are self-sufficient with battery power, gas hot water shower, port-a-loo etc.  We set up our shower tent but didn't bother with the ground sheet - just used a rubber mat - bad mistake. The black dust turned to sticky black mud when wet - yuk! It was extremely hard to get rid of.