Day eight

 Was a bit of a whirlwind. We had come through Blackall, thats where the saying "Beyond the Black stump" came from. Anything further west of Blackall is beyond the black stump. It was our plan to stay there but we continued on to Barcaldine another 107 ks, making it a 608 day, our plan was roughly 500ks a day.

Barcaldine is the home to the tree of knowledge and the shearers strike.

Longreach another 110ks, home of Qantas and the Stockmans hall of fame. We visited both these a few years ago.  Winton, dinasour country. 282ks. Fuel fill and a quick lunch.

It was another 300 to Cloncurry, that was a turn to the left and the road got a bit busier. We had driven through McKinley, home to the Walkabout pub that featured in Crocodile Dundee fame. Quick fill in Cloncurry and arrive in Mt Isa at 4.55pm. We had booked ahead and said we would be there soon after 5 so we did good.

Fuel Barcaldine $103, price was $2.31, fuel and lunch Winton $79 fuel Cloncurry $84 accom in Mt Isa for three nights $177, we booked and paid ahead.