We left Charleville and drove to Qulpie where we stayed at a free campsite directly at a lake just 1km off the Highway. We shared the camp with cattle, swans and a goose. The goose must have been hand fed as it was coming so close we could have petted it and it came back every 5 minutes or so. Next day we drove to Eromanga – the town furthest away from any coastline. Of course we took a picture of the town entry sign and the sign which stated how far away the other major cities are... then we filled our additional diesel canister (the petrol station was quite interesting – adjacent to a oil factory and you had to walk into the office for payment.
Then we took the unpaved road to Jundah – our planned stop but we didn't go there. On the way we passed thru the Welford National Park and stayed there close to a waterhole. Next morning we took the Desert Drive to see a bit of the National Park and get an idea how the Simpson Desert might look like. There were several sand dunes – just like a red hill suddenly there... we took our shoes off and climbed one dune. We used the public shower facility in Jundah (there was no sign of any horse race the other day – so definite no problems we didn't arrive earlier.
We kept on driving to Isisford to stay at a recommended camp site. On the way we stopped at a scenic lookout – Swan Lookout which is a Jump Up. - Jump Ups are formed by wind and weather long time ago... they are an area where the top soil is tougher than the surrounding one and it won't erode and stick out like a hill and you can see for miles in every direction.
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