MATILDA HIGHWAY, MITCHELL HIGHWAY – Augathella, Cunnamulla
The weather is getting colder as we are heading further south. It only reached 20C degrees yesterday. It was colder this morning. No more shorts or 3/4 length pants. A light fleece is needed as well. What a change!
We had a little visitor in the Oka this morning as we had breakfast. It ventured in several times.
As we head south towards home the landscape shows signs of human habitation. Fences not far from the road define boundaries. Sheep or cattle graze within these boundaries
Via Tambo to Augathella we went past some interesting boab like trees. I think they must be the bottle tree as it is too far south for the boabs here.
Augathella is known as the ‘Cosmos Meatant Centre’. We had heard that the meat from the butcher here was great – a pity he was closed as we were going to pick some up to take home.
Then onto Charleville we went on our way to Cunnamulla. All the towns along the way have their own distinctive character.
The railway ran parallel to the road again but we didn’t seen any trains.
Even here there were signs of recent rain with water along the road in many places.
We spent the night at Cunnumulla. We again ran into a couple we met at Borroloola. They were heading to the south coast. We consulted google maps and our GPS and decided to take the route that was several hundred kilometres shorter than the one that seemed the more logical according to the map. It will be interesting to see where it takes us as it will be along the back roads.
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