Winning at Winton!

Did you notice there was no mention of getting fuel at Longreach on my previous post?  Yep.  We forget to call in at a servo before leaving town - which became obvious later along the road.  We had half a tank to get to Winton, so Nick drove in extra conservative style.  

Elmer is a thirsty truck generally and even more so when he is towing.  

I was assured half a tank would be sufficient and there was 50km of fuel in the reserve tank.  Seemingly the red warning light started flickering 60km out of Winton and remained on just before we passed the 50km marker, so we both felt hugely relieved when we saw the Caltex just on the edge of town!  Phew!

According to the pump display, there were just eight litres remaining when we pulled in to re-fuel.  We paid for the petrol and two recovery ice-creams!

We'd gone to Winton particularly to see the Age of Dinosaurs, so drove back out of town to that site.  On speaking with the guides though, we booked our tours for the next day (when it would be cooler).  

We drove back into town, called in at the very flash tourist information building, found a caravan park - and then looked at some of the local points of interest. I had a play on the drums at the Musical Fence but Nick is a drummer, so gave a much better performance!  (I took some footage of the fence but the wind noise interfered with the sound).  We both really liked Arno's Wall - there so much stuff displayed, it was just amazing!