The Hinterlandgrapevine Online News Travelling Jackaroo “Getting to the Top”

“Back in Queensland” ….. continuing on with my mission!

Left Tully this morning, (July 31st) heading down to Townsville tonight before heading west tomorrow towards MT ISA. Travelling onto Mt Isa gave me a great chance to catchup with the hardworking and friendly team from Rural Mechanical Repairs in Charters Towers. lIt’s always good to see Phil and Juanita who let me camp at theirs overnight including a home cooked feed and a hot shower before this morning giving Slim a good look over and including my air compressor and doing some other adjustments, before being back on the road again today heading towards Hughenden which is a decent drive.

At Hughenden I was able to have a bush dinner with old mates round the camp tonight at Hughenden. The steak was one of the best I’ve ever had, a bloody amazing marinade.

I’ve now made it to Cloncurry and am setup here today at the Cloncurry Merry Muster at their Equestrian Center , a great rodeo with great people here in Cloncurry. I was also able to get to Fred Brophy’s Boxing Troupe. This is a historic event at country rodeos.

I wanted to go to Winton from here to get to see the Crackup Sisters whom I had met earlier in my travels.

Be a real “Mate”

Make sure that you look after your matesTreat them all well!.

There are no places for bullies or abusers.

Instead of driving the 800kms round trip out of my way I decided to go by Greyhound Australia coach. They gave me a return trip to Cloncurry.

The Crackup Sister’s house/museum is a bloody masterpiece, I love it!.

Briefly got to call in and see the Walkabout Creek Hotel on my Greyhound bus ride back from Winton to Cloncurry. This is the pub where several scenes from the iconic Aussie movie Crocodile Dundee were filmed.

Bitsa and my setup are being looked after by some close friends in Cloncurry whilst I have been down at Winton staying with the Crackup sisters for a few days

I have now returned to Maleny for a few days where am enjoying a bit of peace and quiet in the rolling green hills before heading back out to the Isa to continue heading up towards Darwin then down to Adelaide in Slim the tractor.

Whilst I am here with the family I will catchup with some mates and of course see how the farms is going. I have been away for almost 2 and a half years, needless to say a few things have changed.

I will soon give you a bit of a teaser on what I’m planning on doing after this trip. I have some ideas and am presently considering them.

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