We stayed over night here about 5 years ago on our way to a tour of duty in Mt. Isa. Nothing has changed that I could see, but as per normal we had intentions of staying 2 nights, but ended up nine days.........guess why?.......yep the Matilda Country Caravan Park were so short on staff...so they hog tied us to help.
Of course the bride went straight into cleaning the cabins, and yours truly did their "environmental engineering" duties. Yep I was the garbo!!!!!!!
That role was only for a couple of hours a day, but the bride was up to her arms in Alligators cleaning cabins.
Our stay here enabled me to find a U beaut mechanic that just loves Val's. Not only was I able to get the oils changed, Craig the mechanic tooooned the motor to a pitch I haven't heard before. This guy really knew what he was doing. Believe ot or not we had been running on 5 cylinders, basically since we left Gundy at the end of Feb. Luckily it was discovered, cause I had felt the Val was very sluggish.
We also have major dramas with the RetoLiner. Firstly the air con had a mental and now has been assigned to the Winton tip. The fridge also shat itself, and now have discovered wood rot in the front of the van.....feeeeeerk!!!!.....live the dream, this is a nightmare.
To cut a long story short, I managed to replace some of the rotten timber, but there are big construction problems coming up........feeeeerk again.
But to continue on......we are now going to Mackay to do a three month tour of duty at a motel, and have arranged for a repairer to have the van for the period we are there to do all the necessary repairs......more on that later.
Anyway enjoy the pikkies of Winton.
The Waltzing Matida Centre in Winton 
This is what happens when you are in the bush for long
The bride getting into the mood of the outback
Anybody got any tennis balls?
All aboard
Where are the brakes on the frig'n thing
The bride looking to go for a fang
The oldest pub in Winton
Sunset at Winton
Our site at WintonAll in all Winton is an interesting place. I have said it before the bride & I are not really into museums etc., more a good deserted beach is for us. However in Winton there were Dinosaur tours and trails, the Truck museum, the Qantas musical fence, but they all come at a cost.
Left Winton and headed towards Barcaldine via Longreach. More on that leg sooooooon!!!
2 comments:
So you missed the world's largest deckchair at the cinema?? Shame ... but you can check it out at my blog!
Bummer about all your repairs - hope it all works out!
Happy travels!!
Well I've found you!!!
Hi Greenie's!
Had a dream and Wendy was in it last night...so took to the internet and googled you :) Sounds like you are both having a ton of fun.
From your last post it sounds like you are in Mackay, is that right? Back to the old stomping ground hey?
Could bang on here for hours but much better via email, perhaps? So my addy is annettejones179@gmail.com love to hear from you :)
Annette
xo
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