Blackall

Since my last post we have been travelling north through the towns of Cunnamulla, Charleville, Augathella and tonight finds us in Blackall. There are artesian springs here and we plan to stay for a while and soak the arthritic old bones in the thermal pools. In fact the town water supply comes from the Great Artesian Basin and comes out at 58 degrees celsius so it needs cooling down before it can be used. There have been storms in this area and many roads have been washed away, unusual for this time of the year, but the countryside is green and sparkling and today is sunny with blue skies.

This is beef country, the towns have wide streets big enough to turn a bullock team around in, with a pub on every corner and we encounter huge road trains loaded with cattle headed for ...