We drove on
stopping to visit the old gold-mining town of Charters Towers. A
pretty, old town centre with wide streets and grand old buildings. It
must have been busy in its heyday but after 12 on a Sunday the centre
was empty - but at least that made it easy to park the
camper-trailer!
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| Helpful Jordan |
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| Charters Towers |
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| City Hall |
We drove a
small distance on to Fletchers Creek to bush camp and were met by a
flotilla of motorhomes and caravans - its one of the stops the grey
nomads use for extended periods. They can sometimes have 400 caravans
there! A recent survey at the town suggested the nomads pumped $8M to
the economy!
We smartly
camped away from the crowds across the road in a more secluded spot.
Ben collected stones and arranged them for a campfire while Jasmine
and Jordan lit a great fire which we all sat around to while away the
evening. Jasmine tended the fire that night with great skill. It was
a memorable time talking around the fire and afterwards Jasmine
commented that it was her favourite night so far!
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| No ipads in sight! |
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| Sad |
Funny no one
had camped where we had as it was such a great spot! We learnt our
lesson when these rather pretty and innocent looking cockerels
marched in tandem and jumped into the branches of a nearby tree at
dusk. It was too late to move and they didn't appear to
troublesome... until much later when we were tucked in and then
they proceeded to crow regularly.... 11pm, 3:50am, 4:20am... (times
supplied by Robyn).
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| KFC Fodder |
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