The road from Quilpie to Charleville was two lanes (one each direction) all the way and although it could hardly be described as being busy there was noticeably more traffic. On arrival in Charleville we first went to a campsite just outside of town and began to set up. The temperature out here has been consistently in the high 30s and often pushing 40 and the day we arrived was no different. It was a struggle but we were just about to finish our set up when I went to bang the tent pegs in to support our awning and after bending a few it was clear that the ground was rock hard and there was no way we were going to get the pegs in.
A quick check of the weather forecast indicated a potential of storms and high winds over the next couple of days so we had no option but to pack up. Usually I check the pegs first and have a feeling I will always do so in the future. A while later we were eventually set up in a campground in the middle of town both absolutely drained from the day but very much looking forward to our evening and a visit to the Cosmos Centre.
Charleville isn’t famous for much (unless I am very much mistaken) but the top attraction is an observatory and we had a clear night for our visit which coupled with almost no light pollution meant for great star gazing. The show we went to was actually really great fun and we were not only able to look through telescopes at various planets but the guide pointed out loads of constellations. So from now on as we enjoy our evenings of stargazing we can actually know what we are looking at.
The next evening we went out for dinner with a couple we had met at Quilpie. Just as we were sitting down to order a storm ripped through the town and I scarpered back to camp to check that we weren’t getting blown away. Luckily everything seemed fine and by the time I got back to join the others at the restaurant it was all over.
There wasn’t much inspiring otherwise at Charleville and so we were pretty keen to move on and so after stocking up with food and water we set off to continue our way back towards the Sunshine Coast. T