Richmond to Charters Towers, 20th May, 2024.

 Left camp at 7.00am on the road for five an a half hours with 15min break to make a coffee at a roadside rest area. Half the trip still on the bumpy roads but after that slowly improved. A lot of these areas are in flood zones so I thought that might be the problem with these roads built on a soft foundation. But I don’t know.  We drove through Hughenden and a few very small little towns. If you blinked you would have missed them.  We counted 25 Road Trains on the road today. Even overtook two, one after the other on very bumpy roads. we think they were travelling together. Hence they weren’t going as fast as the trucks usually go. We stuck behind them for some time. Usually  we slow down to let them go. Pulled in camp at 12.30pm and settled in for a two night stop. Nothing planed this afternoon but will go and have a look around town tomorrow. At a glimpse passing through town it looked like a lot of well maintain historic buildings. That will get the camera clicking. Another beautiful day. 😎

This is what I meant when I was explaining the other day what I do  to keep the early sun out of PTs eyes.  Extending the sun screen out with the car instruction manual. Really does the trick.

When we pulled up to make a coffee I saw this rubbish bin. I wonder how many different ones I will see. Perhaps this could be my new collection like last years trip was painted  silos and water towers.

Torrens Creek is one of the small  towns we drove through, here we stopped to make our morning coffee. Above the local pub. 

How about this shot, still in Torrens Creek.  Regonise the camper reflecting in the windows? A quick click out the van window as we past. In fact I was trying to take a photo of the building!!

A little along the road. Just another click as we were driving, Somebodies home.

Above and below on the road today driving over rolling hills. Road now starting to improve, we are well into today’s trip. Not a lot to look at very scrubby trees all the same. Not like the real deep outback.

We have seen trains and mountains 

Some flat land but still just stubby trees. 

Until tomorrow, hopefully I will have some more interesting photos exploring around Charters Towers. A real nothing day today.