Friday April 2, 2010 – Off to Mt Isa Queensland

We were on the road by 7:30. We were going 685km today. It went by very quickly. We decided when you don't have to slow down very often and can drive on the flat the kilometres go by very fast. There is very few things hold you up. Passing is quite easy. Just before Queensland the speed limit drops from 130 to 110. There was a police car just sitting waiting for someone not to slow down. Charles had been doing 110 anyway to get better gas mileage.

The landscape was as varied as before. Some areas had lots of trees others just had scrub. There was an area the reminded us very much of Alberta with its lush cattle paddocks. The trees were all gone from this area. Some areas were plentiful with ant hills and others had none. The ant hills also changed from tall one to boulder like ones. We missed them when they were not there. Then we would come across area with so many. Like a city full of high rises. At one of our stops it said that explorers, in the 1800's, of this region had to dodge ant hills all the way.

It started to rain just after we entered Queensland and has kept up ever since. We stopped for gas at Camooweal for gas and to eat lunch. We thought to eat under a shelter but the wind was so bad we decided to eat in the car. Over the last few weeks we have eaten in the car because of the bugs. This was the first time because of the weather. The rain is from cyclone Paul that hit the north coast last weekend. Charles had to fight cross winds all the way from Tennant Creek.

We were prepared to have all the stored closed as it was Good Friday. We were surprised to find the IGA was open so we picked up a few things. We plan to relax this evening.