Our start to Boulia was delayed as I had to go to the Birdsville Clinic and get antibiotics for infection in my nose. The flying doctor visited yesterday, but the nurse on duty was able to give me antibiotics which should soon fix it. We didn’t get away from Birdsville until well after 11am. We refuelled with fuel and water as well. The trip to Boulia is mostly on the bitumen and is 387 kms. We didn’t arrive until just on 6pm with enough time to set up camp before last light. We crossed back across the Tropic of Capricorn again. On the start of our journey we passed through Boulia, so we are now crossing over our original route. Half through our journey today, we joined on to road that we had previously travelled on another trip, on that occasion we arrived at Boulia via Windorah and then up to Bedourie.
Bedourie had changed for the better since our last time there. It was very nicely kept and very green. We noticed lots of lawn around town with the sprinklers on. It is probably their only time that they can sustain a lawn during the cooler months.
The entrance to Birdsville from Bedourie – on this occasion, it was our departure.
This is the town water supply – straight out of the artesian bore, then cooled.
We pulled over by a tree for a late lunch and disturbed quite a flock of Budgies. You could not see them in the tree until they took flight. The flies were really bad, so lunch was made and eaten in the car. The flies in Birdsville were everywhere, it was definitely fly net territory.
When we arrived in Bedourie late in the afternoon, we stopped next to these camels resting. We spoke to the girl who has them and she told us about a program filmed about them. It was a very interesting conversation as she knew just about everything there was to know about camels. We were offered a ride but I declined as we could not afford to get into Boulia after dark and plus I know camels can be cantankerous things. This proved to be true later, when the other rider could not get a camel to get up and walk, it was done with walking and was going to sit no matter what.
Heading off and coming back because the other rider could not get bad boy camel to his feet. The camel racing season starts in July and the two camels on lead are racing camels.
Playing on the road
They are certainly in good condition, can’t figure out what they eat though.
We also saw numerous Brolga on the plains on the approach to Boulia. We can hear them this evening in the river behind the caravan park.
I will see if I can get some better photos of them. With the water, Boulia always has a lot of birdlife. We are here for a couple of nights to de-dust, wash and clean up. After all the dirt we have had in the past weeks, it’s time for a clean up.
Our journey towards Cairns will be Boulia to Winton – to Hughenden (we have been to these places before) and new road will be Hughenden to Charters Towers and north to Cairns.
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