Winton

Thu (25/7) today we drove in to Winton, a grand total of about 20km. Longreach to Winton is 175km. We have taken 3 days and about 650km to make the trip. But what a great 3 days it's been.

We decided to spend a night in Winton to clean out some of the dust (we've been on dirt road for 3 days), do a wash and do a shop. We are in one of the 3 caravan parks in town. A shower was certainly a luxury. It's dry and dusty here. Winton strikes me as a town that is being kept alive by the tourist trade alone.

The camel races are on Saturday, but we've decide not to stay. We are keen to get to Lawn Hill Gorge so we can stay roughly on schedule to be into the NT by Aug.

We have no Optus coverage here and no certainty as to when we will get it, so we have no phones. But we do have Telstra wifi coverage, so we can email. So if you need to contact us, use email.