Winton, Qld

Left dreary Mt Isa behind and headed out over the plains to Winton via Cloncurry with a stop at Kynuna for lunch. This is the most barren place we've come across so far, dead flat plains stretching in every direction with tufts of spinifex grass and the odd stunted tree. I may have said this before, but it's a very big country! Winton's claim to fame s that it was the first landing strip for the newly formed Qantas and the place where Banjo Patterson's little ditty, "Waltzing Matilda" was first performed after he had penned it not far away.

Strolled the main street of this neat, clean, lovely country town, drank a coffee at the bakery and stopped to get some bread from a servo turned grocery shop. Right next to our car was a line of old FJ Holdens just begging to be snapped, so I obliged

Checked out the "Musical Fence" and the less said the better, it's even more less inspiring than the large rock next to it with a plaque that states that the council voted QANTAS half the cost of establishing the landing strip, up to a total of £20! We are saving the Waltzing Matilda Centre and the Truck Museum for tomorrow, not to mention the $3 Opal and history tour boasting the "World's Largest Deckchair". I can't wait.

 Snap of the day - this one's for Uncle Paul's eyes only, Sue, you'd better tie him down! 

There's one, there's two, there's 3, there's 4! Final resting place for a brace old humpies, may they rust in peace.