Cunnamulla to Charleville.

Before the rain

 

 The first hour out of St. George was warm and sunny for the drive to Cunnamulla, 300 klms away. However then we drove into rain and it followed us all the way to Cunnamulla. We had a brief stop in Wallam Creek, looking for koalas who are supposed to be in trees along the creek. John and I were getting wet so we gave up and headed back to the truck.  

I realised that we had gone through Cunnamulla before but hadn’t stopped over.  There is a big statue “the Cunnamulla fella” outside the information centre, immortalising the young men who worked on the vast sheep and cattle stations in the 50’s and 60’s. These young men, some 15 and 16 years old, worked long hours seven days a week, mustering sheep and breaking in horses etc.

Slim Dusty recorded the now famous song,” The Cunnamulla Fella”. Up till now I didn’t know the story behind the song.

Cunnamulla Fella

Mural in Cunnamulla

A new caravan park has opened on the outskirts of Cunnamulla, the Cunnamulla Tourist Park, on the Warrego River. The owner has turned her farm into a lovely park with lots of powered sites and the best amenities’ we have seen. The grounds though aren’t sealed; the place was a mud mire. Shame we hadn’t gone when it was fine. We decided to only stay the one night. They usually have a campfire by the river, but because of the rain it was cancelled. The sun was out this morning but the place would take a week to dry out.

Shame about the mud.

Campfire spot on the Warrego

 

I rang Bailey Bar CP in Charleville and luckily booked a site for the next two nights. We have been to this park twice before, it’s basic but friendly and they have camp dinners several times a week. We paid for the beef and red wine stew with mashed potatoes that’s on the menu tomorrow night.

It was a great day for a drive, we saw lots of emus along the way, along with kangaroos, and some were seen hoping across the Mitchell Highway. Wyandra, half way to Charleville, had an unusual display on town fences; rows of bras of every shape and size.

Rows of bras in Wyandra

20^th July.