This morning the bottom fell out of the weather, We awoke to a heavily overcast sky and the clouds stayed with us the whole 351 km to Cloncurry. However, travelling was quite comfortable but we did miss the sun and it was cold when we left the car. The temperature struggled to 22 degrees but it was most often in the 18 degree region. There was a reasonable breeze to add to the discomfort.
The countryside was again flat, flat, flat with occasional low, sparsely treed hills. The "dry" theme continued.
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290517 Overcast sky and flat countryside
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290517 Hills seemed to just pop up out of the flat countryside
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| 29051 The hills were sparsely vegetated |
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We had morning tea at a roadside stop which was close to some interesting hills. We photographed one hill in particular 3 years ago and again today. The two photographs follow for comparison. It goes to prove weathering is alive and well.
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| 290517 Today's photograph of readily named hill (?) |
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| 220414 Readily named hill (?) off the highway near Kynuna |
One point of interest was the hotel at McKinlay, which was used in the Crocodile Dundee film.
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| 290517 Walkabout Hotel at McKinlay |
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290517 Correction: Crocodile Dundee's Walkabout Creek
Hotel at McKinlay |
25 km from Cloncurry we left the Landsborough Highway and turned westward on to the Flinders Highway, which took us to our destination for tonight, Cloncurry.
We have been driving on roads we have travelled several times before, but tomorrow we move into areas we haven't visited, as we head north from Cloncurry to Gregory Downs.
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