Cotton Country
Thursday morning Moree. Misty start but
soon clear blue skies. Cold but not freezing. No wind. Perfect riding
weather.
Breakfast, pack then check tyres before
we hit the road.
Moree and surrounding areas are
dominated by large scale cotton farms. Harvested recently to judge by
the hundreds of bales stacked in the fields and the cotton 'fluff'
that can be seen along the roadside – dropped by the passing
transport trucks.
Flat country, stock on the road not to
much traffic, but lots of standing water indicates the amount of
recent rain.
Morning tea at Mungindi on the Qld /
NSW border.
“On the banks of the Barwon river
where Major Michell camped in 1846, on his way from Sydney to Darwin.
3 geese watched as we brewed our coffee.
Honking with delight and approaching
closer when the Ginger Snaps were unwrapped.
Alas they were to be disappointed.”
On to St George on
the Baronne River. An area that has been subjected to massive
flooding over 3 successive seasons. Today the river is high –
swollen with recent rains, but not flooding.
As we stop for
lunch I notice that the cap from one of my storage tubes has gone
missing. Clearly not tightened properly. Fortunately nothing lost,
and a replacement obtained from a local hardware shop.
After lunch, a last dash up the Carnarvon Highway towards Roma, but we end up camping in
Surat at the local fishing club's free campsite on the banks of the Baronne River.
Tomorrow on to Roma
to see if we can camp at Carnarvon Gorge.
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