Pick Nick stop?!

We still didn't have a plan, so driving out of Roma was in a West-ish direction - with prickly pear appreciation along the way.  Yes, I know it's a pest species and has caused huge issues throughout history but I was interested to see yellow as well as red flowers, so we pulled over for a close look.

Please take note of beaming woman in new hat, proudly displaying her "half a road train sign" cos that find plays a crucial part in the adventure further down the track!

Even driving at our moderate pace, we overshot the turn-off to the Old Injune Coal Mine.  There had been a small sign quite close to the turn, which meant little advance warning of the heritage site.  

In any case, Nick turned around and we decided to take advantage of the shaded shelters for our picnic lunch.  What was for lunch?  Corned beef sandwiches!  (We actually had corned beef sandwiches for lunch all but the first and last days of our trip).

It was a very interesting spot.  I read one side of the billboard while seated and then read the other side after lunch. We spent some time wandering around the site, matching up what we could see with a couple of historical photos on the board.  

Can you see the pick heads used as supports in the apex of the picnic shelter roof?  Pretty neat, eh?!