Bill and Shirley's Excellent Adventures: The Outback

Way out west where the rain don't fall............................

I'll sing you the desert, where black men sailed

Waterhole to water, where white men failed

Taking the Kidman Way north

See the face of dreamers, forgotten souls

Hear the voice of cattlemen, crackle in the coals
Maybe we will learn what's written in the sand

A thousand generations living off the land
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

You'll find a shining star.

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.