Coming down the Burke development road to Cloncurry we took a diversion to Kajabbi.

I found this old plunge dip. It has been a long time since any cattle had been put through here. Dad recalls this being a busy rail head for cattle walked in from all over the Gulf. He said he recalled one day where 5 trains left Kajabbi.

I expected to find Kajabbi a complete ghost town. While it is not bustling the few houses showed signs of occupation and there was quite a bit of heavy machinery around.

Still it has been quite awhile since the pub served a beer.

The Quamby Hotel is also well and truly closed. It looks as though some body went to a bit of effort to keep it attractive to patrons. The quirky entrance over the tray of the old truck. The Cobb and co mural.

The Telstra phone box is in a better state than the pub. I got a dial tone so it appears operational.

I don't think we will be topping up with fuel today.

We overnighted in Cloncurry last night. The main reason was so that Ann could have blood taken for blood tests before seeing her doctor later this month.

I walked across the road from the caravan park this morning to the Mary Kathleen Memorial Park. This sign is at the entrance. It looks like it was somewhere else originally. I don't know where perhaps Dad has seen it before.

I found this tile in the "boardwalk"

I found this tile in the "boardwalk"

The boardwalk with all the named tiles.

After Ann's blood letting we spent some time at John Flynn Place. We saw the foundation members board.

Mum and Dad's tile.

At Julia Creek tonight.

We headed east to Julia Creek. We chose to stay at the "free" park just on the east side of Julia Creek. We were quite surprised as were driving around looking for a spot to park for the night to see that we were just about to select a spot next to Linda and Rick.

As I went for a walk in the morning I found even more budgerigars 🙂

I agree Linda the sky opposite the sunrise or sunset is often just as interesting. Early morning walk along the road near the Julia Creek RV park.

The sunrise from almost the same place as the previous shot.

In Hughenden we camped just opposite this Coolabah Tree. It was blazed by both Walker and Landsborough in the late 1800s. These men both led expeditions looking for Burke and Wills. Landsborough had come by boat from Brisbane and then south from the gulf. Walker had headed North from Rockhampton. Both blazes have grown over and are no longer visible.

North of Hughenden is Porcupine Gorge. It is dubbed as Queensland's "Grand Canyon"

Panorama taken with phone.

This is the gorge from the camp site.