Beachmere

We camped in someones 40 acre backyard at Beachmere.  You get allocated an area, not a site so there's plenty of room.  There are lakes and a large variety of birdlife, including sea eagles, herons, red backed robins, etc, etc.

This was a nice quiet spot with only a few campers and a small squadron of sand flies.

Sea Eagles Over Our Camp

Our Camp Spot

Lots of Water Lilies

Lochaber Farm Stay

We stopped Lochaber Farm to get away from the crowds.  We were the only people there so we achieved that.

The property also has some aboriginal art, much of which has been vandalised in the last 60 or 70 years.

Some Handy Art Work

Here's Us Camped With All Our Friends

Springsure

Springsure was going to be an overnight stop but it proved fairly interesting so we allowed for another day there.  

We visited the famous Mr Will's grave.  It was another Wills (not the one you or we first of) and proved to be a sad story of a massacre in 1861.

Next day we visited Fort Rainworth featuring a fort built in 1862 (or was it just a stone store house)?

Road Cutting Cut With Hand Tools By Chinese Labourers in 1905

Back To School At Fort Rainworth

Wooden Horse, Wouldn't .....

And They Had A Computer (But It Was An Old One)

Lookout!

The Other Will's Grave

The 'Fort' or 'Store'?

Air Vents or Gun Slots?

A Nice View From The Lookout Above Springsure

Salvatore Rosa National Park

We found ourselves on a back road to Salvatore Rosa National Park that the local information centre said was “a bit bumpy in parts”.  It turned into a narrow rough track but with care we found it wasn’t too bad.  

A drawer under one of the seats came open as we lurched around a bend and Maree’s hat slid off the seat into the drawer.  The drawer closed on the next bend.  It took us hours to find the hat.

During our stay in this remote park we pretty much had the place to ourselves.  After all that we think the scenery on drive in is more interesting than that in the park.

We Think 'Minimal Maintenance' is Another Term For 'No Maintenance'

The Road to Salvatore Rosa

Spyglass Hill

Some Sort of Wall Thing

Someone Was Here Before Us

A Nice Spot Near Winton

We camped here last year and thought it was good enough for a return visit.  We were the only people there.

Up The Creek

Camp Is All Set Up

Another Outback Sunset

Happy Campers

Tending The Campfire