Judy & Brian Tour Oz

  Cunnamulla Qld July 9th 2024 Woke up to bright sunshine and a fast clearing caravan park. We didn’t join in the exodus immediately, choosing to take our time before heading out into the fray. As it turned out, we had a great run across from Bourke to Cunnamulla, only thing of note was the 10,000 caravans going in each direction. The road was really good for a long way and then turned a bit rough before we hit the Queensland border. Found our van park easily enough and it turns out to be very pleasant. Clean, quiet, dry! Cunnamulla is everything that Bourke should be: alive, clean, catering for the tourist. Welcoming even. They have spend the town’s wealth on the newest facility: a hot springs centre right in town on the banks of the Warrego. We went and checked it out, and checked ourselves in straight away for tomorrow, not going to lets this one slip by! Warrego River. Cunnamulla Qld Later in the afternoon I took myself off to do the Riverside Walk, from the visitors ...

Just a short note today to say that we took our time in moving from Katherine to Mataranka. As is becoming the norm, finding a site at the Territory Manor was not so much problematic but just a shambles. It's to do with their park set-out, which can only be described as weird. Its based around a series of toilet blocks, four bathrooms per block. It used to be 2+2 male / female but now its just 4 unisex bathrooms. The trouble is that there are 8 sites radiating out from each block, giving you the inevitable pie-wedge shaped sites. They are not all the same size, some are huge some tiny, most have a tree or something in just the wrong place, but hey, it adds to the character of the van park. We watched the barramundi being fed by the kids, under supervision of course, had some lunch and then hit the springs. They are wonderful as usual. That's all folks, big day tomorrow as we head seriously south, aiming for Banka Banka Station and cooler nights. YAY(jb)