Boodjamulla to Mt Isa

From the clas- our home when we were herec-  very low beauty of Boodjamulla we headed south to the rugged beauty of the Gregory River. Even though we had a bit of a dodgy starter motor we took our chances on either being able to fix it or getting someone to start us as we couldn't see ourselves missing out on this great place. As it turned out by the second day Kerry had it fixed and we were able to relax about getting going. We stayed besdie the river for 8 days. It has wonderful memories for us with family holdiays here as well as the Gregory River canoe race that is 42km of river with rapids thrown in - Kerry and Paul have done it 3 times and Kerry has done it once more with school colleagues. 

                                                                                                                   Early morning drink for these wallabies

Wipe Out bend - so named for the canoe race and the number of wipeouts it produced. We could clearly hear the kids goìng down here on the tubes and running back for another go and laughing and playing for hours - Such is the strength of the memories here.

We camped right on the water as you can see and had the place virtually to ourselves for the whole time.

Had to rig up the rope across the river and sit in the loops and surf it!

Kerrys bread

A few pics pf Mt Isa - cant miss the famous smoke stack

Lake Moondarra - very low

18 Short St - our home when we lived here

We stayed with friends - Janet and Peter Lehmann

Some of their animals

The bath tub vegie garden

We are on our way home now via Winton and Emerald. Hope to see Carnarvon Gorge also