DAY 4 - Winton to Boulia

Sorry there was nothing to read last night but we were camping at Boulia & we didn't have access to power.  We have settled into a routine; out of bed at 5am, breakfast at 6am and hit the road at 7:30am.  Early starts are not doing our beauty sleep any good.  People pay a fortune for that sun kissed look with tans, we get the same effect with dust.

Day 4 saw us hit the road for Boulia leaving Winton behind us. Barney & Bah said a quick goodbye to Barney's cousin before we hit the road.

Barney was sad to say goodbye but it wasn't long before he was making new friends with Mark.  Mark was the lucky winner of the Variety Qld art union.  He won a BMW variety car & free entry into this year's bash.

 

Everyday we had our very own convoy of cars.

We did promise Stephen that we would stop at the first pub we came to and true to our word we stopped at the Mayne Hotel.

Wiggo was not amused but he did manage to find the only cold beer at the hotel.  After a quick coldie we hit the road again and you wouldn't believe it, in the middle of bum f#ck nowhere (JoJo's favourite saying) we came across road works.

 

 

We dropped into the Old Cork Homestead.  A bit of a 'fixer uppera' but it did come with all the mod cons; a stove, laundry, open plan living, all season air conditioning & a back verandah.

 

Patty tried to get Wiggo to buy it for her but for some reason he wasn't keen.

We finally arrived safely at Boulia, set up camp & got ready for our 'tight & bright' night.  We will spare you the pictures of that one.  Hit the sleeping bags around 10pm for another night of beauty sleep dreaming of the adventures that Friday and our journey to Mt Isa might bring.