7-8 October

Next stop is Longreach to visit the QANTAS founder museum, the Stockmen Hall of Fame and a School of Air. On the way we stopped in Ifracombe to relax in the spa which is free of charge. Arriving in

Longreach we noticed that we've internet again so we can contact our friends again... then we had a look at the free camp site (trying to save money whenever we can) but unfortunately it is not suitable for a tent – no shade and the ground is so hard you wouldn't get any pegs in so we had to find something else – a  real expansive caravan park ($28) - most likely we have to cut our stay short and we did. We just had a look at the School of Air (Longreach School Of Distance Education) which was ok. We stepped into a room and then the speakers were switched on and we listened to a lesson. I didn't had any clue what the lesson was about of anything else – we just saw two teachers and a boy. 5 minutes later the speaker was switched off and the guide spoke two words before turning a DVD (the advertising DVD) on. After the DVD (probably 15 minutes) we walked into the building where we could touch everything and even take pictures excluding thea kids on the ground – if anyone would check. The only thing I remember is “you've to be Australian Citizen to get enrolled”.

We had a look at the admission fees for the Stockmen Hall of Fame and decided to have a look from the outside. The same thing happened at the Qantas Museum – so we just took pictures of the Boing 747 and 707 from the outside. If you wanted to see the planes directly you had to book a tour and were rushed around with 20 or more others. We took our seats in the car and drove to Winton and stayed at a free camp spot close to a waterhole which was man-build to have a fishing place.