vrijdag, 28 juni 2013 tot zondag, 30 juni 2013

Een nieuwe belevenis…rodeo in Bedourie!!!
200km heen en 200km terug…dat vonden we het wel waard voor een unieke belevenis. Trouwens, dat is naar Australische normen een gewone afstand voor een weekendje uit.
Officieel heet het evenement: Campdraft, rodeo & gymkhana.

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Finally, Birdsville…
The gateway to the Simpson Desert. But for us first a visit to the mechanic to order our brake parts. At the end of the week they’ll arrive, so we have two days of rest on the local campground.
We park us near the local billabong and enjoy the camp facilities. A hot shower, the camp kitchen and washing machines. A necessity after a couple of days ‘going bush’!

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The far South of Queensland – around Dalby and Toowoomba – hide an inland beauty of small patches of rainforest. Part of these patches I intend to discover the next days.
When I leave Dalby, I head straight to a top park in the regio, the Bunya Mountains. This park lies in the Dividing Range some 1000m high. The road into the park is of a stunning beauty! A narrow winding road through lush green forests, some great valleys or green grasslands. Along the road signs warn for the steep climbs or descents – with some slopes up to 20% – but they are no match for Janis, after the dunes in the Simpson Desert…

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I decide to drive to Toowoomba, near the coast, along a couple of cities that lie inside Outback Queensland.
So next days are counting kilometers. The first leg goes from Birdsville over Betoota – a ghost town since 1997 when the only citizen died – and Windorah to Stonehenge. During this leg, the desert landscape changes in one with lots of trees and water. The kangaroos finally return, lots of cattle, some emoes, brolga’s and a snake under my wheels…
But best of all! Less flies with every mile crossed.

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