Charters Towers seems like a long time ago now but it was only this morning that we were packing up to leave the Cattlemens Rest Motor Inn to head for Hughenden - and Outback Queensland. We planned for a relatively early start because we didn't want to be driving west, into the setting sun, this afternoon.
We had several stops along the way - including at Pentdale where I was able to have a coffee made on a barista-style machine. Yes!!! It was a good decision not to bring our coffee machine along on the trip although I do miss it sometimes. As well as coffee, Pentdale also had a gift shop with some interesting works. I really liked the cutlery birds and the metal echidna - all of which insisted on staying there. We'll see if they feel the same way when we drive back that way on Tuesday.
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We were joined at the Royal Hotel for lunch by Wayne who will head off to his next stop tomorrow afternoon. But today he was here - and he was showing me the sights of Hughenden. It was wonderful to have a navigator who wasn't the GPS (which isn't always totally reliable in regional Queensland). There is a bit to see in Hughenden - lots of it within a four-block radius - the Hebrew grave, Mutt the dinosaur, the dam and waterfall, the painted toilet blocks, the supermarket.
We're saving the Porcupine Gorge lookout and the newly re-opened Discovery Centre for tomorrow - after brekkie at the FJ Holden cafe. (The washing will need to want but not too long.)
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