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Hughenden Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Hughenden, Australia
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Venturing West
This is a top pick! ... and all food included. The thankfully comfortable bus was full with most falling asleep until the first stop at Millstream Waterfall, Australia's widest waterfall and guessing the last we would see for a while. Lunch was of the self-made sandwich ...
Super Baris
This is a top pick! We were well on our way for the short time that we had been on the road. We drove well into dusk the night before and had stayed overnight in a lay by as we would be on the road again as soon as dawn broke. Baris was running heaps better and even ...
Animal Magic
I am going to tell you a little bit more about 'Star Downs';the station on which we are staying. Out here they are called stations or ranches, the nearest one to us is called Nottingham!!!! Didn't I tell you- can't escape the place!!!!!! Kim and Sally ...
General news update!
Hello! Sorry that I have not spoken to you all for a while but we have been very busy. Let me tell you all the news first. I now have a lamb and a very heavily pregnant cow named after me, the lamb is called Colette and the beautiful chestnut coloured ...
OUTBACK WAY!
... camper and hit the road at day break! We drove and drove admiring and sweating through the epic White Mountains, Prarie and Hughenden and Porcupine Gorge. We hit south to see Winton, a small town famous for Banjo Paterson, come on everyone knows ...
Happy Birthday to us!!!!!!!!!!!
G'day everybody, Sorry it has taken so long between writing entries it has been a bit hectic around here and we have been working hard (even on our BIRTHDAYS - no rest for the wicked!). We have been doing much of the same thing really Colette has ...
Hughenden
... . Richmond is known as the fossil capital of Australia as is has over 400 exhibits. It is well known for having Australia's best vertebrate fossils and one of the best pilosaur skeletons, over 100 million years old. The display is primarily dedicated to ...
Run in with the law!!
On our way from Mt Isa to Hughenden (where we planned to stop for the night, before driving further to Townsville) we were approaching a town called JULIA CREEK... we were a few km's from town when we noticed a cop car coming towards us... it then put its ...
Nearly on the off!
G'day everyone! Sorry for not having written one of these for a while but we have both been very busy. Let me firstly fill you in with a news update; Coly the cow has had her calf, a beautiful red and white dashed heifer (girl). She has four white ...
Desert Venturer day 1: Cairns to Hughenden
... where the rainforest stops and the savannahland begins. The Savannahland is a drier, eucalypt forest, like so much of Australia, and lasts until around Hughenden, getting drier all the way. We made a quick stop at a waterfall (Millstream falls) ...
Nice and Quiet!
We drove about 530 uneventful kms today to arrive at Hugendon - a nice little QUIET country town, where the supermarket shuts at 12 on saturdays and the pub serves $7.90 dinners! Speaking of which - we are off to get one, and hopefully, ...
Hot Work!!! Phew!!!!
Hi everyone hope you are all ok! Well since we last put an entry on we haven't done much except work and work some more. The weather at the moment is so hot that by 10am in the morning we are sweating buckets. Kim and Sally both laugh at us because ...
Hello and Goodbye
This morning we said a sad farewell to little newby Popeye, all the girls are sad, especially Emma. However we have three new lambs called Gizmo, Coly and Clive!!! We have lambs named after us!!! So although we said a sad goodbye we got to say a lovely ...
One night in Hughenden...
On the road to nowhere it seems... Only thing worth reporting about Hughenden was that the Discovery Centre filled with dinosaur relicas and the geological history was excellent. That's all from ...
wot a town pop. 50
arrived at prairie lucky we didn't blink only shop in town is pub we stayed here tonight we drove about 300 kms from charters today it feels nice but only staying one night there is some wild life here. see ...
The great 'Terry-zoo' escape
All hell let loose yesterday when we were trusted for our fisrt afternoon alone, as Sally had to take the girls into Hughenden at luchtime for netball. Kim was out at one of the shearing sheds and we were intrusted with the job of looking after the ...
"Road Closed"
... better, but Lucky made it and that's all that matters. Thankfully there was no more flooding as we drove on to Hughenden and got a campsite for the night from a really grumpy drunk man. He was probably grumpy since we interrupted his ...
Back on our travels once more!!
... ! Just a quickie note to let all know what is happening with us. We leave Star Downs tomorrow to be dropped off in Hughenden to get on the Greyhound Coach to Townsville. We will be in Townsville for a week, visting the various tourist places like the ...
The next instalment
... than in alfoil and then plaster strips. There are so many dinosaur bones in QLD- a massive triangle including Richmond, Winton and Hughenden but extending much further than that. Someone told us it takes about 10 years to prepare a dinosaur- and ...
red desert
... pirates of the caribean blockbuster. der nächste tag führte uns über ein richtiges aussie typisches rinderfestival nach hughenden. nochmal 200km weiter in den riesigen kontinent. wir holten uns nach einem massiven barbeque unseren schlaf, auf einer ...
The last days of training - Off to the ranch!!!!!!
... our training on the ranch in Goomeri and travelled along way to start work at Star Downs Station 120km outside of Hughenden. On Thursday we learnt (well I learnt and colette adapted to) Australian horse riding which is apparently completely different ...
Destination Outback
... the road ahead. So the first day had gone well, we had covered 600km and had reached the first dot on the map, Hughenden, which is an eerily deserted town of 3000 people, comprising two roads with the usual utilitarian assortment of boozer, butcher and ...
Cattle feed in abundance...
... Muttaburrasaurus Dinosour, fossil & gem displays, Porcupine Gorge light & sound show & some other interesting facts about Hughenden. We also come across a unique round pool table at the local watering hole, we thought was rather ...
into the outback
a bus came and took me on a 3-day-trip to alice springs. looking back i am so glad that i didn´t just book a flight to get there, because the trip was great. the first day, the bus starteted having electronic trouble, so no dvd, air conditioning and ...
Setting out on the Overlander's Way
Townsville to Prairie Total Roadtrip Distance so far… 10,892km Our van was booked in for a service this morning. She’s done over 10,000kms (so we’re now due our free tyre rotation!) with us already and well we’re heading ...
Desert Venturer -an outback town
... terrtory aerial service - this is where it started. Also visited the Waltzing Matilda museum - the song tells a story about a sheep shearer from winton. We then ended up at the western hotel in hughenden - a small outback town. played pool that ...
Richmond -- Hughenden
Off to Richmond - The fossil capital of Australia - apparently it is known for its world renown collection of marine fossils. Stopped for coffee and cake and kept driving to Hughenden where we plan to spend time 4WDriving in the national parks around the ...
The Long Road Ahead
... occasional dead kangaroo hit by a road train to break up the monotony. After a steady 6 hour drive we pulled into Hughenden, a very small town with 2 pubs and a supermarket which doesn't open on Saturdays, this would be our home for the ...
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