Fortunately the threat of rain and thunderstorms didn’t eventuate so we were able to pack everything away dry again.
Our route for today was to travel East to Cloncurry on the Barkly again and on to the Flinders Highway to Julia Creek and beyond with the plan to go north from Hughenden to the Undara Lava Tubes. There is still rain about so watch this space....
First stop the Mary Kathleen Uranium mine,
then the town
then to Clem Watson park on Lake Corella. Very pretty spot to have in mind for a future camp site. The park is named in honour of Clem Watson who, with Norm McConachy discovered the ore body at Mary Kathleen in July 1954. The mine was named Mary Kathleen in memory of Norm McConachy’s wife.
Stopped to look at other tourist spots along the way such as the Burke and Wills memorial and spent some time in Julia Creek checking out the Dunnart Habitat Sanctuary where they have built a special fenced enclosure next to the airport.
Also spent some time at the new Visitors Centre. Although it was closed there was still plenty to see an hear.
We then finally encountered some of the stormy weather that had been hanging around, although didn’t get much rain out of it then.
We pulled up at the Maxwelton rest area for the night where we were lucky enough to set up camp and cook dinner and eat it out in the open, watching the storm in the distance
before the rain set in again
We originally were sharing the rest area with two Israelies who turned up on bikes and slept on the tables under the shelter, a couple of Austrians in a wicked van, but then a semi trailer pulled up right next to us for the night too + a few other vehicles rolled in and out during the night.
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