Back to Longreach - Stockman’s Hall of Fame then on to Winton

From Windora we camped a night at a lookout on the way back to Longreach. Then we spent the morning in Longreach checking out the Stockman’s Hall of Fame before heading off on more long straight sections of road to Winton.



Stockman's Hall of Fame



More straight road and flat country in all directions

There was plenty to see in Winton and we spent a couple of nights out there. Most things in Winton were based around dinosaurs or Waltzing Matilda, and then a few other funny little points of interest. We didn’t do it all and ruled out most things on Waltzing Matilda and museums as we had done enough of both of those in Longreach. But we did drive out to Lark Quarry where they found the footprints preserved in mud of the dinosaur stampede which occurred over 90 million years ago. It was amazing how many footprints were there and the fact they were still there after all this time. The country side out near Lark Quarry was very different to the rest of the flat channel country. It was up amongst ranges which were very dry and rocky. It was interesting to learn how this part of the country in particular has changed, how it used to be covered in rainforest with an inland sea next to it.

The other things we liked in Winton were Arno’s Wall, which we actually camped next to - you may have seen this on TV before (see the photo). We visited the musical fence and Aidan and Cody had fun playing all instruments made from junk. Aidan and Cody also loved the garbage bins in Winton and Jaime found sign in the newsagent’s window which we found amusing.