1st July at Charters Towers

We have covered 2500 km averaged 21 litres /100 km at average cruising speed 95-105 kph... 

RHHINO has overtaken a few cars, many caravans... and four (3 trailer) road trains so far!

Slept comfortably away from traffic noise last night... and with only a sheet, a light throw over and cotton blanket!!! We are going to spend most of the day on seats that stay still... but will explore CT, lots to see... Tower Hill dominates the town...

Charters Towers CBD...

WW2 bunkers all over the sides of Tower Hill - and mine shafts!

 About 15km north of town is the Burdekin River Weir, built in the 80s to replace the 1902 version. Town water from the river, and fish... so they say. Was a lone pelican fishing...

We will be heading north again tomorrow morning on the Gregory Development Road via Greenvale and the Three Rivers Hotel featured in the Slim Dusty hit song (which we have still never head - as far as we know...itunes?) and The Lynd, to Mt Garnet. That' a little over 400km of ordinary road. We travelled south on it last year... So we will likely stop around Mt Garnet and head for Malanda - actually Glen Allyn the next morning...

PS Not far from the airport here and a gyrocopter has been flogging around a lot of the day (and yesterday evening) being the weekend... A lot of noise to not go very fast... But fun, I hear. My only flight many years ago ended up in a forced landing. I took the hint.