Mitchell and Morven and Charleville

 Mitchell / Morven / Charleville

Wednesday 1st May - Mitchell

Back on the Warreigo hwy for 87km continuing to head West our next destination was Mitchell at the Neil Turner weir (Camps 7 QLD 591) which is a free camp. We arrived nice and early mid morning and set up camp just next to the chained off area which was lovely and green thanks to overnight sprinklers. We decided to go to the Great Artisean Spa for the morning. There was two spas one at 31 degrees the other at 26 degrees.



looking back towrds the toliets and the grass area at Neil Turner Wier




Our campsite at Neil turner Weir

After our spa we went to the supermarket and the bakery to get fresh bread for lunch. The afternoon was spent doing our washing and and reading while A had his afternoon sleep. We have a little 5kg twin tub washing machine that I bought off eBay which we run off the generator ( 2kva Honda inverter) when no power is available. This has already payed for itself as by the time you do 3 loads of washing at the caravan parks or laundermats at $4-$5 a load it soon adds up especially when I have two boys who are attracted to dirt and water.


J helping with the washing

The weir was low in water so the boys didn't bother about trying their luck at fishing instead they play soccer on the lovely green grass that was for once bindy free.

Thursday 2nd May - Morven

We packed up and left Mitchell on route to Morven to the free camp at the Morven Recreation ground (Camps 7 QLD 597 ). What a great free camp with a fenced and covered playground and a skate park. The amenities here are very clean with lovely hot showers. There is limited power available at a charge of $5 a night which you leave in a box besides the amenities. It's walking distances to town but with the temperature in the early 30 s we decided to drive in and have a play at the playground on the highway which was more suited to A. I found out about these playgrounds via an app on the iPhone called "playground finder". Great little tool to have while travelling. We then went to the supermarket to get ingredients for home made pizzas again at Js request before heading back to the park for lunch and A to have a sleep. J headed over to the skate park with his scooter.

J on the skate park at Morven rec Ground



J at the Playground at Morven Rec ground



Friday 2nd of May Morven - Charleville

Today we had planned to go into Charleville for a look around but I had done my sums wrong and by staying at Morven we were going to do an extra 100km when we headed up to Blackall. This was only figured out as we were about to set off for the day. So at 9am usually when we are leaving we did the fastest pack up and hooked the Van up and set off for Charleville. 

100kms later we reach Charleville and we book into the Bailey Bar Caravan park for 1 night on a powered site. It was $34 for 2 adults and $5 per child 4 yo and older per night. The amenities were super clean and the staff even help you back in which is great as its only a small park. 

We went into to town to have a look around and have lunch at the bakery. I would have loved to go into the Cornes hotel to look at but with 2 young boys thinks like that bore them. Back to the van park after lunch for A to have a sleep. Then an early dinner and bed ready for a big day of driving to Blackall  in the morning. 

The historic Cornes Hotel