Yogi n Laff n Crew's Travels

How many boys to fix a ute?           Campfire dinner - followed by syrup dumplings   wild budgies everywhere - amazing old man pelican - he was letting us know when we were getting too close to his territory.  Letting out a growl when the fishing rod was cast.  He was beautiful.   flies are bad!!!!!   Karl, Dianne & Tony climb to the top   Yogi, Karl & Tony solve the world problems around a campfire!!!  

We stayed at Betoota two nights in a Billabong which ran off Browns Creek. It was a perfect end to our three weeks of travel. We had a full day of rest, the boys did a spot of fishing, which was not successful and us girls caught up on necessary hand washing. We had a beautiful camp oven tea followed by Yogis famous syrup dumplings (only no golden syrup so improvised and used maple syrup). Plus Dianne made Date scones in her Thermocooker - yum! very spoilt... When we left our ute wouldn't go over 75-80kms an hour. So we crawled to Deons Lookout and some stockmen and Karl and Tony popped the bonnet. I think they worked out that whenwe ran out of fuel a few days back, it must of sucked some crap up into filter. Between the 4 men, they drained a bit of fuel and we were good as gold again. Deons Lookout is amazing. We were so lucky to be there after rains d the view so green. Wikicamps helped us find a spot on the Ward River 30kms west of Charleville. We set up for the last time,

Birdsville Race Track Burke River Thousands and thousands of campers for the Big Red Bash...... get us out of here!!!!! The old Birdsville pub Birdsville Pub overflowing - 1 days supply of beer left after the Big Red Bash... No flour left at the Bakery. Stop for lunch at Carcory Homestead Ruins The homestead was positioned near Carcory Waterhole and the major stock route through Birdsville. It consisted of two main rooms under a hipped roof, probably used as a bedroom and a living room with a chimney, and a skillion roofed second bedroom and store forming wings to the rear. It had an awning supported by posts at the front and was built of blocks of local limestone rendered inside and out. A stone store and kitchen were also built to the west of the house. Around the turn of the century, Sidney Kidman, a pastoralist of humble beginnings who by 1890 owned stations stretching from the Gulf of Carpentaria almost to Adelaide, took u