The morning we left Winton we had a quick look at the Musical Fence. I’m so glad we did. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I was picturing something like this (which ran around the outside of the area), where you could run a stick along it and make music on a fence. But that by itself didn’t sound too special, you can do that with nearly any fence. I’d heard you could play music on the fence. That’s … Read More
Our last morning in Longreach we made a quick stop to take a picture of their Tropic of Capricorn monument (statue? marker?). We parked our caravan next to this very Australian-looking old train station. We crossed the street in front of this interesting water tower. You might be fooled into thinking that tree is blossoming with big white blooms, but in reality all those blooms are moving… Because they are birds. Corellas. Heaps and heaps of noisy corellas. We’d seen … Read More
Cooktown is as far north as we made it on Cape York. This is about as far as the bitumen goes. I was expecting to see a town that catered to 4WD adventures and such, but instead it felt very much like many other small Aussie towns. Lots of historic sites in Cooktown. This is a fountain in memoriam of Mary Watson, the very definition of irony since she died from lack of water after an Aboriginal attack. This one … Read More
After Mulambin we drove several days in a row to get all the way up to Cooktown. It was tiring, driving for several hours and staying for just one night at our stops along the way. Cooktown is as far north as the sealed road goes, so this is as far north as we will be going on this trip. The plan is to make our way back down the coast as far as Mackay, then we’ll head inland all … Read More
On the way to Mulambin we made a quick stop in the town 1770. I’ve always been curious about the town but it has always been soooo far away on the map. But suddenly we were nearby! We decided to stop in for a quick look. The town is called 1770 after the year that Captain Cook landed there. It was the first place he landed in Queensland. It turned out to be a holiday spot. A beautiful one. … Read More
The day we went to the Pylon Lookout we first walked over by the opera house. You can’t go there and not go see the opera house. You get a great view of the bridge on the way there. This is looking back into Circular Quay. You can see all the tables for the nearby cafes. And all the seagulls waiting for people to leave their tables. Really, the opera house is hard to photograph up close. It looks prettier … Read More