It was worth getting up early as we did not have to wait and the showers were indeed hot and reasonably looked after - so we rated this free camp very highly.
Was not too cold last night and this morning - I think due to the cloud cover.
After breakfast we packed up and made tracks for out destination today - the little township of Morven - between Charleville and Mitchell. Heading for another free camp at Morven for the night.
We do these pack-ups pretty quickly now that we have settled into a well practised routine. As we had today it is even faster when we do not unhitch the camper from the car for an overnight stop.
We also have a new name for the tvan now. A fellow traveller said to us it reminded him of the "tardis" (of Dr Who fame). So we have now named it so.
Before heading off we went and checked out the "Black Stump".
This was used for surveying purposes and permanently marks the Astro Station which was established in 1887 to make latitude and longitude observations. At the time any country to the west of Blackall was considered to be - "beyond the Black Stump".
Our drive to Tambo (our morning tea stop) was again a drive where we have to be particularly alert in scanning the road ahead for wallabies and emus and dodging the prevalent roadkill on this road.
I have to report that this road is very bumpy and worse to travel than some of the dirt roads we have been on in our journeys outback. As I am sitting in the car now making notes on the ipad for the blog - I am finding that task quite challenging - but easier than it would be trying to write them. At least this will be legible.
Just out of Tambo we encountered a very large mob of cattle being droved up the road - by 2x horseman and guy on a bike. Just have to drive very slowly through them and the mob just starts to part as you go along. Thankfully they had been "de-horned" as I was worried how close to the car they were getting. The oncoming idiot on a motorbike was weaving through them far too quick and making the mob quite "skiddish".
By god it is really chilly out here today. Roughly 14 degrees C most of the day. When we stopped at Tambo for morning tea we pretty much jumped out of the car and ran into a little coffee shop where they had a fire going - this was very welcome.
I said to a local in there that we were heading for Carnarvon Gorge to which he responded - "well you will certainly know you are alive when you get up in the mornings there"
We loved this sign outside the "Tambo Teddies" shop - all the teddy bears in the shop were so gorgeous and they are handmade here by a couple of local ladies.
CAUTION - Teddies Crossing
We have been giving back to the local communities whenever we stop - by buying a coffee and foodstuffs and of cause we are buying fuel as we go. We do try to make our major food shopping purchases in the bigger centres as it is much cheaper.
We made it into our free camp for the night at the Recreation Grounds at the little township of Morven. They supply a lovely camping area (around the grounds of the football oval) with drinking water, toilets and hot showers and they have an honesty box requesting you donate to help keep these facilities in good condition. There are about 30 campers in here tonight.
Yes we did make a donation!!
I met a lovely couple from Victoria who had sold their house and been on the road for 2.5 yrs. They said that compared to many they have met on their travels they are really only new at it - some they have met have been on the road for 10 plus yrs. they have however decided that they will by a house again back in country Victoria and only travel for about 4 mths of the year.
We managed to forage around the local bush land behind the campgrounds and find enough wood suitable for a camp fire tonight. It was so nice to be cosy and warm and eat dinner by our little campfire - but it was a shame that it was cloudy tonight and we did not get to enjoy looking at the stars as we sat outside around the campfire.
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