Back to Back of Bourke – Tuesday

After a poor night’s sleep caused by the Air Conditioner in the van behind us kicking in and off all through the night I was ready to move on. We were on the road before 9:00 and it was a very uneventful drive. We saw a few feral goats, a couple of Eagles, maybe a Bustard, some Brolgas and lots of Emus. Our brunch stop was Cunnumulla but it was very disappointing after our Mitchell experience. There was however a very big statue of “The Cunnamulla Fellah” which I found far more impressive than the song which inspired his creation. His face really makes you think he’s someone you could run into around here.

The road from Cunnunmulla to Bourke had very long straight stretches, after a while we started to measure the distance between bends but the longest ones were behind us and we only measured a 7 km straight. There were quite big areas with purple, yellow and white wildflowers.

We booked into Kidman’s Camp again and have the same site as we had when we were on our journey up. This will be a two night stop.

A family of Emus

Cunnamulla Man???

The statue of the Cunnumulla Man – a tribute to the young stockman of years ago.

Let me in, let me in!

Alex seems to be missing an item of the uniform.

Closeup of a lovely face.

Wildflowers

The river at Bourke wharf.

Red-tailed Black Cockatoos at Bourke.

Cloncurry Parrot at Kidman’s Camp

Little bird, Kidman’s Camp

Little bird at Kidman’s Camp