6th May 2025
Distance: 451 km
Fuel: 46 L
Julia Creek to Camooweal
A long drive today (and tomorrow) so early shower and breakfast. Packed up relatively quickly before setting off.
Another lovely morning with a beautiful sunrise. Pleasant drive through changing scenery.
Only one town to get through today – Mt Isa. At I approached the industrial mining scope of the city became clearer, from a faint smoke smudge on the horizon to the industrial complex.
Stopped a couple of times in rest areas along the way but still arrived in Camooweal at 1pm.
Checked into the roadhouse caravan park, with hindsight I should have tried the pub’s caravan park as I have stayed at the roadhouse before.
Once set up I filled up with fuel then walked down to the pub for a couple of beers and to enjoy their aircon. Apart from the roadhouse and the pub the town has pretty much closed down though there are some tourist attractions nearby.
Spent the late afternoon reading and listen to music on Spotify.
Camooweal is about 12km from the NT border, tomorrow I will be in a different state. and time zone
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