I’m going to start today’s post with a bit of a rant about PPPs.
Plural Possessive Pronouns.
Nothing annoys me more than walking into a cafe or coffee shop and being asked “are we eating in today?”
Not “are you eating in …”; “are we eating in?”
Kerri knows how much I hate it because I will always answer “… well I’m not sure about your plans, but I am planning to eat in” … so she always jumps in ahead of me.
It is especially prevalent in outback Queensland.
The young bloke at the Cosmos Centre took it to a new level the other night. “Hi. What is our surname?”
I highly doubt that my surname is the same as his, but I didn’t get the chance to correct him as Kerri got in first 🙁
Enough said.
We got away from Lara’s Wetlands at about 9.15 am.
We travelled the 13km back to the main road …
… and headed north towards Barcaldine.
Once again the roads were very good, 110km/hour. Lots and lots of roadkill.
So many dead ‘roos that sometimes you had to swerve to the wrong side of the road to miss running over one that was in the middle of my side of the road.
We got into Barcaldine about 10.00 and got some fuel, then headed west again towards Longreach.
It is very, very dry out here. The place all looks a bit post-apocalyptic to me – nothing much growing.
There really isn’t much to tell. The road from Barcaldine to Longreach is about an hour.
We arrived in Longreach at about 11.30 and it was 30 degrees C. Shorts and Tee-shirt weather.
We dropped off the van at the Longreach Tourist Caravan Park …
… and then headed into town to see the sights.
We met up with some friends from Brisbane – Neil and Desleigh – who are also staying at the Longreach Tourist Caravan Park and will probably travel with them on the next leg to Winton.
Tonight we went on a Bush By Night experience, which included seeing the sunset …
… followed by dinner around the campfire, some music …
… poetry and story-telling.
Sitting watching a stunning sunset and it was still 30 degrees C … this is living!
It was a great night – well worth doing!
Home now, and we are staying in Longreach for a couple of nights.
Today’s trip was a pretty easy one – 134km and a bit over 2 hours on the road.
Tomorrow the Stockman’s Hall of Fame and a river cruise.
Bring it on.
Ciao