Easter 2014 Lawn Hill trip Day 2

Woke up at about 6:15 am after a pretty good sleep. When I arrived in Barcaldin the previous evening it had been around 30 deg but in the morning it was down to 16 deg. I had a quick pack up and Brekky and as I was heading out of town I dropped in to have a chat with Phil. He was going to visit the Qantas museum in Longreach so I continued on. 

The stretch between Barcaldin and Ilfracombe was pretty bad in terms of kangaroo carnage with large flocks of birds feeding on the dead animals in the middle of the road. The smaller kites and crows didn't cause any problems but the larger wedge tailed eagles are pretty slow to get up in the air and they didn't learn their traffic awareness very well as I had to avoid them a couple of times. I stopped in Ilfracombe for a quick look at the rows of machinery in the main street and then it was onto to Longreach to refuel.

 Driving into Longreach one of the first things you see is the big Qantas emblem on the tail of a 747. It looks somewhat out of place. 

Then onto Winton where I had the first shock of the day with the bakery being closed, so I continued on stopping at a little place called Kynuna for a quick bite to eat and the fuel was a couple of cents a litre cheaper than Longreach, I might stop there on the way back. While I was stopped a couple pulled up to get a drink, he was driving a new Range Rover Sport towing a large double axel caravan while she was driving a Ford Ranger dual cab ute towing a largish boat. They must have been on their way to the gulf for a spot of fishing. 

Not long after I left here I spotted a herd of emus beside the road and started to slow down. I'm sure these birds have it in for me as just as I was about to pass them one dashed out in front of the car, luckily I was going slow enough to be able to stop. Bloody stupid birds. 

Then it was onto Cloncurry where I stopped to refuel and have a bit of a late lunch at around 1:30 pm. I left at around twoish and continued on towards the Burke and Wills roadhouse at the turn off to Lawn Hill national park. I topped the fuel up and decided to stay for the night as it was around 4 pm. Shade was at a premium in the camp ground as it was pretty hot (36 deg). 

I think I'll go to the roadhouse for dinner as I'm feeling too lazy to boil water to rehydrate a packaged dinner. Then maybe it will have cooled down enough to have a nice shower. Hopefully, Phil will catch up with me here and we'll head into Lawn Hill tomorrow. Phil rocked in just after 6 pm while there was still plenty of light and the temperature had cooled off substantially because a nice cool breeze had sprung up.