Northern Queensland

This part of Queensland, ie Longreach, Winton, Cloncurry, Mt Isa, has a lot of history and as a result takes longer to explore and examine. So many museums it becomes an "intake overload".
Fortunately there are trips and physical things to do to break the pattern. We have averaged three nights at each location with relatively short travel distances between, camp is set up at the new site before lunch, allowing the afternoon for sight seeing, and booking on trips if required.
Anxious for tourism, many of the caravan parks have evening entertainment, and the two hours of "Bush Poets" at Winton is an excellent example, the laughter echoed around the park each night, and many took the opportunity to enjoy a roast dinner and drinks beforehand, catered for by a Winton Hotel, that delivered the food already prepared and kept hot. The hospitality at Winton Matilda and Cloncurry Oasis caravan Parks was exceptional.
Although we are moving on tomorrow we are monitoring a late season cyclone tracking towards the coast, in case there is a possibility of causing a rain depression inland, that could effect us.
There have been dark threatening clouds for the past three days and with so many floodways over roads, we need to keep alert to any likelihood of sudden downpour even though this time of year it should not happen, but!!!!!
The majority of our fellow travelers are seniors, not many families, no backpackers, and in this part of Australia more small caravans being towed by sedan cars. Another aspect to ponder is from Cloncurry area and around Mt Isa we are not seeing any kangaroos, not as road kill and not in the bush????