Performing cockatoo.
Lily's lagoon:
Some saleyard scenes at Longreach:
Brolgas wandering near our caravan, these birds are quite tall:
These last few days we have covered some distance since Charleville where we stopped 2 nights before heading off for Longreach for another 2 nights. We had been here not so long ago so with effectively only one day to look around we went out to Lily's Lagoon, where the abundant wildlife was all hiding. It was hot - 38 deg! Last time we were here (in July) it didn't get over 8 deg all week. We then dropped in on the saleyards where they were putting through 4,500 cattle in one day. This was quite an operation to watch. Cattle were weighed out in lots of about 10 before being loaded onto the road trains.
After that we did a bit of shopping and mooched about reading the paper and dropped in on the bird circus to watch cockatoos riding bicycles on a high wire. Dinner was at the Longreach Club, nice formal waiter service.
On Thursday 19 Aug we spent most of the day en-route to Cloncurry where we settled down for the night in a drive-through site saving having to unhitch the van. There was a quite good country & western singer from our neighbouring site who put on a show at happy hour. She is also the resident hairdresser. This is one of the nicest sites we have stayed in and the owners make you feel very welcome and guide you to your site so you can setup quickly with no fuss.
Its 38 deg here, quite hot and we are thankful for the air con.
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