Lawn Hill here we come - days 15 & 16

Day 15 (Friday, 17th April 2015)

After a very quiet night, we awoke to another beautiful day.  We decided to go for a walk to a nearby homestead (more of a hut, most probably used infrequently by stockmen as they traversed the property back in the day). We're told that there was an old lady living there up until perhaps the 80/90's.  The kangaroos have moved in now and the place is in a very delapidated state. It was about a 1km walk and was interesting to have a look around.

We prepared our redclaw (& blueclaw) for the barbie and cooked them up with some butter and garlic - yummo!

We discovered there were also freshwater mussels in the creek so we decided to go for a swim to see if we could find any. We found heaps but Pauline had told us they needed to be soaked for a couple of days to get rid of the muddy taste - as we didn't really have room to keep them we decided to throw them back.  

We had a bit of a fish but not even a bite. We weren't too fazed after our red claw feast though.  Played another round of horseshoe and relaxed.  A really terrific spot.
 

Walking to the old homestead

The old homestead

An old gas fridge

An old generator

The remains of an old chook pen

Our feast of redclaw, preparing to be cooked up

The outlook from our campsite

Having a game of horseshoe

Great bush showers with hot & cold water

Day 16 (Saturday, 18th April 2015)

Another quiet night - except for a feral cat that woke us up trying to steal the rubbish bag out of the bin. Sadly though, we had to pack up today and head home.


It took about 5 hours to get home. We stopped briefly at the White Mountains lookout, and then again in Charters Towers for lunch & catch up with Bretts family.

This has been a fantastic trip.  I think our favourite places would have been Cobbold Gorge, Kingfisher Camp, Lawn Hill & Koorooinya. Highly recommended!

White Mountains lookout

Graffiti etched into the sandstone everywhere