The Plenty - Boulia

wrapping cutlery drawer in glad wrap to dust proof and stop cutlery ending up everywhere.

oopsy daisy! driver was fine

Tobermory Station

We were packing up on our bush camp this morning on the Arthur Creek when choppers started flying over for their muster. Then we had a visit from John and Marg Speed and their daughter in law for a cup of tea. Was really interesting to talk to them. They weren't having much success in the muster as the cattle were being difficult. He said that in their country on this side of the creek the Gidgea tree sucks up the limestone in the Georgina basin and their leaves become poisonous equivalent to the poison 1080. This only happens in certain times of the year and pRticularly dangerous during drought as the cattle eat the foliage because there is no grass. Luckily they have a bit of grass growing as they've had some rain.

We left and called into Tobermorey station and got some fuel. The Speeds also own this station. They also have a place at Taroom which is their home base. They come out west for 4 mths of year to muster.

Karl has discovered his camper is not charging while we drive along so we booked into the Boulia cvan park for powered sites to give all of out batteries a good charge for the night.

Arrived n Boulia at about 3.30pm. Donna and I are not happy campers as its cold and we want to go back north.

We are not sure which way we are going now as Birdsville is booked out with The Big Red concert and has over 7000 people there. Today is the last day, so we might be lucky. We've also heard the bakery has run out of flour and the Pub has approx 1 day of beer left - WHAT?????

So who know where we'll end up.

Photos
1. The Plenty dust
2. Cutlery drawer glad wrapped to protect from dust
3. Our camp two days ago
4. - 5 Truck roll just out f Alice springs.
6. - 7 Our camp last night
8. The drive out of our camp this morning.
9 -10 Tobermorey station. Birds nest in old tractor
11 - 13. Qld border crossing
14. Gidgea trees
15. Not much of anything on The Plenty
16. Georgina river on the Plenty