I was awake early and saw the sunrise while walking to the amenities block. We then took Bandit for a walk around town, in the cooler part of the day. Vaughan wasn't keen to leave Di's air-conditioning (temps were in the mid 30s during our visit) but Di came out with us a bit later, to see the two museum sites in town. There were some interesting displays, including a kerosene bulldozer.
"For something different, visit the remains of a concrete building which housed a generating plant supplying power to a RAAF High Frequency / Direction Finding Station, called the ‘Round House’, installed in 1942 on the ridge nearby."
We had late lunch at the roadhouse, then Nick and I went out searching for "the ruins". It was a bit of a mission due to scant directions but eventually found, when we looked at our geocaching app!
As much as I liked reading of the history, it was neat to see all the fairy martin nests on the ceiling - and a guy rounding up young cows nearby.
The geocache was hidden elsewhere, so we found that before returning to the ambulance station.
Given I'd watched the sunrise early in the day, I was keen to see the sunset. Nick picked a likely spot and we drove to the outskirts of town in a mini convoy.
Had we been fully prepared we may have stocked the on-board fridge with a few nibbles and more interesting drinks for a tailgate picnic, like this one.
Nick had chosen a great vantage point and it was lovely to view the sun setting in open country. A brilliant end to our full day of exploring.
Although we stayed at the caravan park, there had been no bookings available for the artesian baths during our visit - so we'll have to return to do that!
Day 7, Julia Creek
No comments:
Post a Comment