Day 2 : Hughenden to Camooweal

Another day on the road and the sun was just coming up at 6:30am when we got going.  There were lots of road trains on the Flinder's Highway last night and it kept dad and I up a little bit - they were pretty loud. We had planned to make it to Mt Isa today, but we made good time and got there early, so we decided to keep going and got as far as Camooweal, which is 12kms inside of the QLD/NT border, before stopping for the day.  A total of 710kms for today.  The landscape changed from flat with no trees between Hughenden and Cloncurry to hilly and rocky as we drove to Mt Isa.

Going through Richmond, in between Hughenden and Julia Creek, we went past Kronosaurus Korner.  This areas is famous because it was used to be a 'Cretaceous Inland Sea', which means lots of fossils have been found that are from animals that lived and died when all this land was under the sea, 120 million years ago. 

dinosaur country

cows everywhere...

I watched Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part II while Dad enjoyed this awesome view...

The country side went from flat to hilly outside Cloncurry

I somehow chopped the top off the Mt Isa Mines stack while Dad fed the Prado a couple of hundred bucks of diesel.

This is Craig Lownde's V8 Super Car on its way to Darwin for the Super Car Series.

It stopped for the night at the Port Office Hotel in Camooweal.

Sunset at camp in Camooweal.

Sorry Mum, its all Dad's fault.  He said we will have to cook every night once we're off the beaten track, but for now, this pub grub's great...  :)

I didn't think I was hungry, but I still scoffed 3/4 of my BBQ Chicken Pizza. Yum.  Leftovers for breaky.

Our second day of driving is over and we still have lots of driving to go.  Off to bed now for more sights tomorrow.

Bye for now...

Cooper  :)