Winton - Mackay
Green dotted line traces the route followed
No trees in places like this! Ladies, gents and disabled.
His lordship at a morning tea stop on the way
An old locomotive that used to service Winton
Same locomotive - front on
Old Jeffrey Quad Truck with four wheel drive, steering and brakes
Viv at the Musical Fence, Winton on Qantas' original airfield.
It is possible to play a tune (of sorts) on it
Goodearl belts out a steady beat
A "billabong" sculpture in Winton's main street
Arno's Wall (Winton) - A junk yard with stock built into its wall
Arno's Wall
The gates to the junk yard
The long billabong - Winton
Us having a champage on our Golden Wedding Day.
The flowers the motel organised for us came by truck from Longreach - 280kms away!
The road headed nor'west
Luncheon stop at Hughenden
Hughenden
Shopping centre Charters Towers
Charters Towers stock exchange - gold caused the town to be very wealthy
Arcade at the stock exchange
Still headed nor'west.
Courtyard to our motel in Clermont
Little park in Clermont
The piano up the tree shows the height and force of the 32' flood in 1916.
The piano is now a steel replica
One person's idea of a colour scheme
Morning tea stop at Moranbah (a coal mining town)
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