Passing this old Queenslander I couldn't help but stop and turn around to take a few photos. The owner lives in a home further back from the road with his family.
He happily came to greet me and hung on to the gate post to give me a run down of the history of the place. The house was built in the 1930's and was his fathers childhood home. It was transported to this spot when his father bought this first few acres here and his father very much liked to sleep on the veranda and all his children were raised in this home. The farmer whom I spoke, being one who stayed on to continue the cattle farming life now owns 7000 acres reaching all the way back to the mountain range in the far distance.
On to Wandoan, what a surprise to find a fabulous free camp called Waterloo Plain, with new hot showers and toilets, an open space beside a lovely small lake and in walking distance to the town.
I was not alone here, there were a couple of other caravan's spread around in secluded spots enjoying this terrific park.
I would have loved to stay here longer, only time was running out, well the end of the month of July was coming to an end and I felt like I was rushing toward the end of my holiday with only 1 week to go.
The next day I drove through Miles and onto Condamine and stayed at their caravan park, $11 for one night. There was nothing here other than the local pub and garage, excepting an interestingly large flood level gauge beside the river in the park and a piece of history that tells the 1851 town was regarded as the gateway to the west, also in 1861 there was a weekly service of the Cobb & Co passing through.
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