Our final stop! We enjoyed the Paperbark tree walk, the beach views, the sunsets and our enormous two bedroom two bathroom unit that we stayed in. It was nice to have a little bit of luxury before we went home. We have had Agnes Water on our to visit list for a while, and it …
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Emerald
We set off early-ish from Ilfracombe (our friends left before us because they like to get breakfast on the road) and made our first stop at Barcaldine. Here we visited the Tree of Knowledge memorial, went to one of the bakeries (which even had a gluten free treats fridge so I could get something too!), …
Ilfracombe
This was a quick overnight stop on our way out to Emerald. We left Winton, stopped briefly in Longreach for groceries, then on to Ilfracombe. The community pool at Ilfracombe has an artesian basin heated spa that we were looking forward to. We checked into the cabins in the caravan park (next to the pub!) …
Longreach
Longreach was where it felt like we were really beginning our trip, as it was where we were meeting our friends. We got in late after what was a long drive for us and a short drive by Outback standards. We saw brolgas, and amazing flat outback sunsets. We went to the Qantas Museum, including …
Charleville
Because it was September school holidays which is prime time to do this trip, I could only get one night in Charleville. I would recommend spending at least two there but we managed to fit a lot in. We started off with a look around the WWII Secret Base, then we check into our motel …