(Kate)
Packed up at the Hughenden showgrounds and headed to Porcupine Gorge, 50km NE of Hughenden. There is a campground there but it was already fully booked. There is a 2hr walk to the gorge and back which would have been lovely to do but we contented ourselves with the views from the lookouts, and chose to mow down a few more kilometres instead. We are finding we over-estimate how far we can travel in a day, because we lose about 3 hrs setting up and packing up, so it seems that 300km is a full day at the moment with lunch breaks and slowing down for roadworks etc. Unless we set an alarm for 6am of course. Which we SO don't want to do when we are on holidays.
Once we drove on from Porcupine Gorge, the landscape changed again - more greenery, more trees, more cattle, and spectacular anthills. We camped at a gravel pit just north of The Lynd Oasis, and were thrilled to see, for the first time this trip, another family travelling with a tent instead of a camper trailer of caravan (so we're not mad after all......)
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