Ayr

We arrived today after spending a great weekend in Townsville with some great friends. Thanks for a great weekend Madelyn and Steve. The trip from Townsville to Ayr was very slow thanks to some roadworks and upgrading of the roads. Ayr seems to be very upmarket with lots of fashion labels and famous show brands. They have a wonderful FRESH not frozen seafood shop.

Charters Towers

A great little town, a nice feel..This was supported to us by watching the locals as they came to pay respects to a local who died and his funeral wound its way around the main street. They all came out onto the footpath and stood silent while the funeral procession passed. Lots of historical buildings and tourism is built around the gold history. This was the place of the first stock exchange in Australia.

Torrens Creek

The Caravan Park here was very basic there was power but the water was not fit for drinking. The Publicans were great to sit around and talk to and we enjoyed talking to a few of the truckies passing through. Did not enjoy the trains going through at around 4am and right through to until 7am. The park was also on the highway so we had 2 lots of transport all night.

Hughendon

Today we are in Hughendon - dinosaur capital of Australia. It is a poor cousin to Richmond as lots of its item were from overseas. We had a lovely lunch at at the chinese Chengs restaurant who were more than helpful with our dietary needs. The road from Richmond to Hughendon was terrible it was like riding a roller coaster!!