Charleville to Winton

A few old Bottle Trees between Charleville and Augathella avoided the clearings

Corymbia tessellaris with its distinctive black and white trunks growing at Augathella

Augathella Police Station
Many buildings in the late 1800’s were built with the boards inside the frames, one on top of the other, with little nailing

The classic 1950s Australian movie Smiley is about the misadventures of a boy growing up in Augathella

An old Augathella house has a Bottle Tree for sitting in the shade

Tambo Court House (1888) with its lockup out the back

The 1904 Tambo Post Office is for sale if you’re interested

Chook races at the Royal Carrangarra Hotel in Tambo
The chicken chase after a remote controlled car with chook feed on top

We camped “on the the outer Barcoo where the churches are few, and men of religion are scanty”
A BUSH CHRISTENING – A.B. “Banjo” Paterson

Dawn is a good time to see kangaroos but a bad time to be driving

Galahs, also known as the pink and grey cockatoo

River Red Gum on the banks of the Barcoo

BP Blackall

In 1887 surveyors used a blackened tree stump in Blackall as the base for their measuring equipment
People considered anything west of here to be beyond the “Black Stump” and less civilized

Outback Windmill

Once there were 11 pubs in Barcaldine, now there are 4

Barcaldine Masonic Lodge, moved from Comet in 1886
This building is from 1901 – it’s all tin with the front painted to look like brick

Heritage Listed St Peters Church of England built 1899, Barcaldine

A flock of galahs on Dunblane Station near Barcaldine

We spent the night at the Westbourne Shearing Shed but it wasn’t shearing season

Spectacular sunsets are guaranteed

Machinery Mile on the main street of Ifracombe has a huge collection of old machinery

Langenbaker house of corrugated iron and timber was erected in Ilfracombe in 1899
The family moved here from further east and brought their house with them on a bullock cart

The old pubs in Longreach are now tourist shops

The train still brings sheep from Winton to Longreach

Previously named Pelican Waterhole, the postman decided it was too long to write so he changed the name to the place where he was born in England – Winton

Tattersalls, the oldest standing hotel in Winton
The ground floor was constructed in 1885 and the upper floor added in 1914

Campfire cooking at Mistake Creek a few k south of Winton