While I was walking Tilly this morning four of these birds were running towards us. She was on a short lead and they finally realised they should change direction.
We left Barkly Homestead at 9.10am and had such a good drive we didn’t stop until Camooweal, just over the Queensland border. We drove 260kms at 100kph on mostly good road, encountering few other vehicles. We listened to an audio book and made our munches last until lunchtime. We were driving eastward so I didn’t want to leave too early as we would have been driving into the sun.
Camooweal is a small shrinking town of around 200 people, about 40% of the population is Aboriginal. There is one service station, one pub with a small caravan park, a post office/general store, police station and nurse-led health facility. The state school has 30 to 40 pupils in two multi-age classes, 95% of whom are Indigenous.
There are several abandoned or run down buildings in town. This mural depicts horses transported overseas during WW2. It is along the fence of an abandoned garage. The horse theme continues with the statue outside the 1923 town hall.
We had booked 2 nights at the Sunset Caravan Park, and when we arrived realised we had stayed here with our small Eco Tourer, two dogs and two cats. At sunset hundreds of flying foxes passed over our caravan park. They roost near the cemetery and in 2019 the flying fox population caused concerns when it grew from 500 to 10,000 (ABC News photo).
Bluey unsuccessfully tried to get Tilly to play a quiet game with him. He was happy regardless.
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