Western Queensland Adventure: Days 4-5

Lovely day driving today. We packed up and set off relatively leisurely with the idea to head into Cunnamulla for lunch.  Tried to find Tego Springs en route - we can see where they would be by the reeds, but otherwise there’s a bit of a mud puddle and that’s it. 

Lunch in Cunnamulla was lovely - chicken burger at the Warrego Hotel, then filled up with water and fuel. We did a bit of shopping at the Cunnamulla Info centre and I bought a great wine cooler tumbler thing, then we headed out to Currawinya. En route we lost the Woody’s which was a bit interesting! We’ve been doing a convoy with the CB radios and so on, but we lost touch with them at the last turn. We’ve got a lovely campsite at the “Pump Hole”. Michael decided that he would set off looking for the Woody’s after he set up camp, but fortunately they turned up just before he set off. The creek water is a bit muddy looking but we enjoyed a swim in the late afternoon. It was just lovely.

The next day we had a great morning driving around the National Park. We headed out to “The Granites” - Currawinya’s answer to Stonehenge - and then the Currawinya woolshed. This was very interesting because it only stopped in around 1990 so all the gear is still there - gives a real insight into the shearing business. Damn hot in there though! I wouldn’t have liked to have been a shearer in summer….

Then we made our way to look around the lakes (bit of birding!) til the ladies and Mike had enough and made our way to Hungerford for lunch. The pub there is so quaint and cute - the old Cobb and Co stop. Only thing on the menu was steak sandwich - so steak sandwich it was!

This is the only place with some reception so I took advantage of catching up with a few things. We’re heading back to campsite via a lovely 84km loop. Brilliant trip so far.