After breakfast at the cafe run by the North Gregory Pub we hooked up and headed out to The Musical Fence again to take some more photos as Rob is hoping to be able to build something like this for the boys when we get home. We had decided to stay the night in Hughenden (216km from Winton) at the Hughenden RV Parking area (camps 7 QLD 289). We arrived in just before 11am and called in to the tourist information to the to pay the $6 camp fee. The lady explained that is just the parking lot to the showgrounds and there are no facilities there so you need to be fully self contained. So after setting up and having a drive around town we headed back and made some lunch. It was almost time for A to have his afternoon sleep and no other campers had arrived. We didn't get a nice feel about the town and had been told never to camp on your own and we weren't comfortable in doing so, so we packed up and headed into Charters towers along the Flinders Highway.
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| J with the Big Muttaburrasaurus in Hughenden |
So another 252km (468km for the day, a big day for us) we set up camp at the Big 4 Aussie Outback Oasis Caravan Park. We had booked in for 3 night on a powered site and planned to head into Townsville on the Saturday ( as A has a medical appointment on Monday) but J met 3 lots of travelling families, with children his own age, we booked another night so staying a total of 4 nights as it was cheaper to stay here than in Townsville.
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| The Pool at The Aussie Outback Oasis Caravan Park |
We really didn't do a lot here, we had a look around the Town, the boys got their hair cut but the most time was spent at the park with the boys either on the jumping pillow or in the pool or just playing with new friends. It was great to see the boys back playing with children again, something we missed out west.
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| The stock exchange building built in 1888 and was the only regional stock exchange |
Friday night, one of the travelling families put on a sausage sizzle for the kids. Marshmallows were cooked on sticks on the fire and they boys were given glow sticks and sparklers to light when it got dark. Saturday we said goodbye one of the families as they headed to Townsville and up to Cairns, hopefully we will catch up with them on our travels up that way. We are planning to come back to Charters towers and The Big 4 Aussie Outback Oasis on our route back from Far North Queensland and the Atherton Tablelands, so we can explore more on our return the likes to Tower Hill, Ravenswood and the Burdekin Dam.
So next stop.... Townsville
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