Darr River 30 August 2015

We woke up the next morning to see the full moon setting in the west and the sun rising in the east – a beautiful sight.

Drove down to Winton across more undulating plains and this time we went to a café called The Musical Fence Café. After the many rough cafes we had seen, this wouldn’t have looked out of place in Sydney – it even had a hipster in the window. The coffee was quite good and we had scones and cream as an extra.

Winton had a bad fire this year which destroyed their tourist office and a museum dedicated to Waltzing Matilda, which was a devastating blow to a small town. However everybody is working hard to repair it and the locals are keen to have it rebuilt.

Drove on down the highway through similar country – still very dry with little grass, but we are seeing more sheep and less Brahmans. We are also seeing a lot more dead kangaroos alongside (and sometimes on) the road – about one every 10 metres – makes for interesting driving when there is a large dead kangaroo on your side and a B-double coming the other way! We stopped about 30Kms from Longreach at the Darr River – first time we can recall seeing water in a river since leaving the coast over 1,500Kms away. This is a beautiful spot and we light a fire on the banks of the river, forgot about dinner and had a few drinks – a magical night!