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The Road Home

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 2 January 2003 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

We did the trip from Charleville to home in around 10 hours without too much stopping as we had covered this ground already. This was the end of another great look at Australia. We both wished we had a lot more time to explore it properly, and eagerly look forward to the next trip

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Off to Charleville

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 1 January 2003 by Chinwagger21 November 2017

When I finally got my message across about the wine, she went into the bottle shop and started ferreting around among the white wines. I had to explain to her that red wines are generally found on a shelf, not in the cooler, and they are quite usually a different colour, that is, red.

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Posted in 2002 West to Waltzing Matilda, Front Page, Pub | Tagged Attractions, Camping, Cattle Camp Hotel, Charleville Queensland, Flying Doctor, Historic Significance, Longreach Queensland, Museums, Pubs We Stayed | Leave a reply

New Years Eve

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 31 December 2002 by Chinwagger27 March 2019

Today we’re heading to Winton – Waltzing Matilda country. The previous day had been very hot, and that night the wind had blown very hard, we had to get up in the middle of the night and rearrange the tent so we didn’t get blown away. The sky looked different today, more overcast and the wind was really quite strong. I stopped … Continue reading →

Posted in 2002 West to Waltzing Matilda, Road Trip | Tagged Attractions, Camping, Longreach Queensland, Museums, Road train, Waltzing Matilda, Winton | Leave a reply

Long Reach Tourists

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 30 December 2002 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

The Stockmans Hall of Fame is mainly about the opening up of outback Australia and although pays homage to the stockmen it really does a good job at expressing the courage and spirit of pioneering life in early outback Australia.

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Route 66

Good Old Chinwagging Posted on 29 December 2002 by Chinwagger21 December 2017

We travelled a further 350 kms. We stopped at Alpha hoping to buy some ice. Alpha was closed, so we headed into Jericho, it was off to the left and we were turning right, but they didn’t have any ice anyway, so we went on to Barcaldine where they did have ice

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Posted in 2002 West to Waltzing Matilda | Tagged Brolgas, Camping, Great Dividing Range, Ilfracombe, Longreach Queensland, Route 66, Tropic of Capricorn, Wild Life | Leave a reply

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