Eggbert's Travels

Saturday 26^th August 2017

SHE SAID:

We left Hughenden around 9am, heading south to Winton, then west to the Hilton Hotel at Middleton!

Geoff remarked on some graffiti on the road as we left town: “Brace Yourself”! We soon found out why that had been written....the road was badly dipping, humping, wallowing! We had to slow down & brake constantly. Not great when you are towing a caravan.

The roads were quiet & we got to Winton without a single car behind us, all 214km!

Also worth noting, we cracked the 20,000km for this current jaunt around Oz. That is since we left Canberra in late February.

After a fuel stop in Winton we headed down the Min Min Byway for our free camp stop at Middleton, a Cobb & Co. stagecoach stop in the middle of nowhere. By dusk there were a total of 5 caravan,s one campervan & 2 4WDs with swags stopped for the night. Most people enjoyed a great home cooked meal at the 140 year old pub.

Archie & me in Winton

 

Heading across the Channel Country

Wide open country

Settled in at the Hilton Hotel

Old transport at the Middleton Hotel

Incoming....

Hanging out at the Hilton

Middleton Hotel

Sunset

The cows are moving through

All lit up

A road train heading through

HE SAID:

After wallowing along to Middleton we found the place great. The price was right, and when we wandered over to the pub for a carbonated beverage and a meal we had a good time. The lady that runs the place plonked herself down and told us a few stories about the place, while doling out our meal scraps to her fluffy pet dogs on the dining room floor.