Wednesday
6th
September 2017
SHE
SAID:
For
our final day in the Birdsville area (& to mark the first day of "Year 8" on our Great Aussie Adventure....) we headed back into the
Sturt Stony Desert, this time going east out to the “ghost village”
of Betoota. The last resident died in 2004, so the old roadhouse is
abandoned & slowly crumbling away.
Our
other destination was Haddon Corner; one of the corners on the map
where Queensland & South Australia meet. We did Cameron Corner,
to the south, about 3 years ago.
We
had a couple of sand dunes to drive over to get there & had the
place to ourselves, apart from flies & ravens. After signing the
visitors book we ate lunch in the car, without the flies, &
returned to Birdsville.
A
tasty dinner at the iconic pub rounded out our 8 day stay in
Birdsville nicely. It
was good to see the contrast with the town full of people, around 5000 we heard, then
down to hardly anyone.
PS
After
7 full years travelling we have spent about $38,889.35 on fuel &
clocked up 191,000km!
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Dreamtime Serpent - the 3rd art works "in the desert" that connect
Bedourie, Birdsville & Betoota
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The abandoned Betoota Hotel
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| The old bar |
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| It looks like they were fond of champagne at this old place! |
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| NOT the Harry Potter bus! |
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| The old sleep-out verandas |
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| It should say Haddon Corner..... |
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| Geoff & Archie standing in Queensland & South Australia |
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| One of the sand dunes heading out from Haddon Corner |
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| Dinner at the Hotel |
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| This dog looks right at home |
HE SAID:
Another big day out for us. All these things to see while we are out here have to be done this time, as you never know if or when you'll get back.
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