I'll sing you the desert, where black men sailed
Waterhole to water, where white men failedTaking the Kidman Way north |
Maybe we will learn what's written in the sand
I'll sing you the waters running through the town
Wildflowers and Wattles when it settles down
The Outback is impossible, forever and it's free
No way can I find an end to what it means to me.
John Williamson (Gunya album)
Everyone loves Cairns
They come from near and far
But way out west where the dust is red
Dry riverbed art |
We left the coast for a change of pace
The back road we did take
From Charters Towers to the Lynd Junction
We drove without a break.
At Fletcher Creek we set up camp
The surrounds was our reward
Road trains rumbled and cattle chewed
Where Ludwig Leichardt explored.
Further west to Hughenden
Where skies are wide and blue
Just out of town, at Porcupine Gorge
For a sense of deja vu.
Peace and quiet, not a soul in sight
We climbed down to the river
To soak weary feet and contemplate
This land, surely does deliver.
Longreach, Winton and back block camps
A red and dusty road
Southward down to Thargomindah
Where the land opens wide to explode.
The Adventure Way will take you east
Through dry lakes and opal towns
Where houses don't matter, just a simple life
As smiles replace your frowns.
Shirley.
Charters Towers, Greenvale, Fletcher Creek, Hughenden, Porcupine Gorge, Longreach, Winton, Stonehenge, Jundah, Toompine, Quilpie, Windorah, Thargomindah, Yowah.
Neighbours at Fletcher Creek |
Road Trains at Fletcher Creek |
Waterhole at gorge |
Camp at Porcupine Gorge |
Spinifix Grass Bladensburg National Park |
Aborigines forced to leap to their death from Skull Rock |
Gidgee borders the road |
Life and Death |
Horses wander freely at Greenvale |
Apostle birds by camp at Bladensburg |
Longreach locals |
Coalfield |
Road to Toompine |
Quilpie in the distance |
Sunrise |
Quilpie caravan park |
Electricity at Thargomindah |
Thargomindah dry river |
Camp on the Cooper |
Stonehenge Pub |
Jundah Caravan Park |