July 11th. Arrived in Barcaldine, after an uneventual trip except, after passing through the town of Jericho we encountered a truck, flashing lights and a sign “wide load following”. Naturally this normally means that the wide load vehicle is taking up all of his lane and be careful. Not in this case, as 2 police vehicles all lights flashing soon gave me the message to get right off the road, and coming towards us is a truck travelling at approx. 100kph, with a load covering the full width of the road (both lanes). Scarey, eh? We settled into the Barcaldine Tourist Park(Top Tourist) and at 4.30pm., around the campfire, we were entertained by Pete Smith & Lana Ross. We took our own chairs and wine and we had 1.5 hours of great Country Music, Whip Cracking and Jokes.
July 12th. Today is sightseeing day, so I started with a visit to The Barcaldine & District Historical Museum. It was very interesting, quite a large collection of local memorabilia and well worth the visit. Next was a visit to the Australian Workers Heritage Centre, depicting the lives of the ordinary workers, past & present, who helped to shape our Nation. I didn’t allow enough time to do it justice, it would take 4 or 5 hours to look at everything properly. It’s a large comprehensive display with a pathway to follow that takes you through all the buildings. I can recommend it to anyone interested in Historical stuff. After a late lunch, I took Val to see a beautiful Rose Garden, called Roses and Things. It has a lovely Café, Plants & Craft on sale and has a good Caravan Park, in the same complex. I enjoyed a Devonshire Tea while Val browsed through the shop & gardens. We took in the monument to remember the Tree of Knowledge, made famous as the meeting place for the Shearers during the Great Shearers Strike of 1891. We went to The Shakesphere Hotel for dinner to-night and had great meals at very reasonable prices. We leave for Winton in the morning, it’s only a 3.5 hr. trip.
July 12th. Today is sightseeing day, so I started with a visit to The Barcaldine & District Historical Museum. It was very interesting, quite a large collection of local memorabilia and well worth the visit. Next was a visit to the Australian Workers Heritage Centre, depicting the lives of the ordinary workers, past & present, who helped to shape our Nation. I didn’t allow enough time to do it justice, it would take 4 or 5 hours to look at everything properly. It’s a large comprehensive display with a pathway to follow that takes you through all the buildings. I can recommend it to anyone interested in Historical stuff. After a late lunch, I took Val to see a beautiful Rose Garden, called Roses and Things. It has a lovely Café, Plants & Craft on sale and has a good Caravan Park, in the same complex. I enjoyed a Devonshire Tea while Val browsed through the shop & gardens. We took in the monument to remember the Tree of Knowledge, made famous as the meeting place for the Shearers during the Great Shearers Strike of 1891. We went to The Shakesphere Hotel for dinner to-night and had great meals at very reasonable prices. We leave for Winton in the morning, it’s only a 3.5 hr. trip.
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