After such a successful stay at Barcaldine we thought we would head to a campground nearby. The working station offered a tranquil camping experience on 15,000 acres where we could enjoy watching bird life around a lagoon. Sounded great. Unfortunately the reality was a little different and when we arrived we drove through 15km of dirt road and we passed about 20 caravans coming the other way (our optimistic view was that this meant for more space when we arrived!)
Unfortunately not. While the station may have been 15,000 acres all the campers were crammed in around a small lagoon which I would have been extremely surprised to see any wildlife in at all and have no idea where all the ones that we passed leaving had actually been set up. We decided to skip our stay here and move on.
Luckily we did because our onward journey led us to a tiny town called Jericho which had some very cheap camping set up next to a river. Beautiful we thought and everyone was nicely spread out and the whole place seemed nicely relaxed. We found a spot right by the river and set up. Unfortunately it was not our lucky day as while our backs were turned a group of 3 decided to set up right next to us. So close that that night we got to hear the sighing and snoring and to cap it off a deep discussion after one of the group thought they had felt a snake next to their tent…turned out it was just a nightmare.
It was still a great location and so the next day we moved sites and to be fair got a much better spot.
I would like to say that we did a lot for the next few days but we didn’t. We had some gorgeous fires and cooked some wonderful food over the coals and relaxed in the sun and the warmth. It was perfect. T
