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Took an early morning stroll around Jundah, and I mean around the whole lot, and it really is a nice little town. There was a council employee racking up grass that had blown in during the night. Most of the gardens are nicely looked after and the trees in the main street were watered and healthy actually every tree has a tap. The Thompson River is nearby and once again is a magnet for fishing. I’m starting to believe Australia rides on the back of people who fish and people who wish they could fish.
The backpackers can get an extra two year visa if they work for three months in a rural area. The young English backpacker we spoke to was working at fencing. The last fence was only 30km long and was a “short” job. Maybe the powers that be could have the so called refugees work out in rural areas before they are considered to be able to stay. I’m sure it would sort them out. While I’m ranting on about that one I note we haven’t seen one burqa on the whole trip out here and carbon gases are not a hot topic around the campfire.
Took off from Jundah on the back road to join up with the road to Mitchell. It was not sealed but the surface was really great and the scenery interesting. 76km out from Jundah we came across a big lake in the middle of nowhere. There were lots of kangaroos and at one stage we came across 32 wild pigs. We passed one vehicle in the 99km.
ABC was ranting on about the elections and finally introduced some interesting news which was at Thargomindah they would have buckjumping Shetland ponies for the kids to try and ride. I thought Shetlands would only try to bite you, stand on you and try to rub you off on the nearest fence. Apparently they have other hidden talents!
In true country style there were two wild (shot) dogs hanging off a sign near Charleville apparently these things do about M$33 of damage each year!
The country levelled out, the trees got bigger, and the rivers closer together and the towns were also closer. Much of the land had the trees dragged out but there looked like plenty of regrowth taking over. There were several areas of vast open plain country followed by more creeks.
The caravan park at Mitchell had one space for the last caravan but we notice there are a couple parked on the internal road so the place is really full. Our cabin is a beauty and cost $90. It was new at Easter and is the best one we have come across on this trip.
Took an early morning stroll around Jundah, and I mean around the whole lot, and it really is a nice little town. There was a council employee racking up grass that had blown in during the night. Most of the gardens are nicely looked after and the trees in the main street were watered and healthy actually every tree has a tap. The Thompson River is nearby and once again is a magnet for fishing. I’m starting to believe Australia rides on the back of people who fish and people who wish they could fish.
The backpackers can get an extra two year visa if they work for three months in a rural area. The young English backpacker we spoke to was working at fencing. The last fence was only 30km long and was a “short” job. Maybe the powers that be could have the so called refugees work out in rural areas before they are considered to be able to stay. I’m sure it would sort them out. While I’m ranting on about that one I note we haven’t seen one burqa on the whole trip out here and carbon gases are not a hot topic around the campfire.
Took off from Jundah on the back road to join up with the road to Mitchell. It was not sealed but the surface was really great and the scenery interesting. 76km out from Jundah we came across a big lake in the middle of nowhere. There were lots of kangaroos and at one stage we came across 32 wild pigs. We passed one vehicle in the 99km.
ABC was ranting on about the elections and finally introduced some interesting news which was at Thargomindah they would have buckjumping Shetland ponies for the kids to try and ride. I thought Shetlands would only try to bite you, stand on you and try to rub you off on the nearest fence. Apparently they have other hidden talents!
In true country style there were two wild (shot) dogs hanging off a sign near Charleville apparently these things do about M$33 of damage each year!
The country levelled out, the trees got bigger, and the rivers closer together and the towns were also closer. Much of the land had the trees dragged out but there looked like plenty of regrowth taking over. There were several areas of vast open plain country followed by more creeks.
The caravan park at Mitchell had one space for the last caravan but we notice there are a couple parked on the internal road so the place is really full. Our cabin is a beauty and cost $90. It was new at Easter and is the best one we have come across on this trip.
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