There’s Thieves in This Here Neighbourhood!

Awoke this morning to a bright sunrise and a chilly wind blowing. We carried out our normal morning routine and discovered someone stole one of our wheel nuts during the night. Times must be tough if you have to knock off a wheel nut! I checked them yesterday morning as I usually do before taking off but we only travelled 30 metres to another site within the Caravan Park and the wheel nut indicators all lined up but this morning the indicator and nut were missing from the bottom stud on the front right hand wheel (the easiest to remove considering the tension on the wheel nuts – 230nM). The park Management had warned that there were strange things happening in the park and to watch our valuables as they had had some thefts on Friday night – but a wheel nut?

There’s fish in the weir!

So in a fit of pique we hit the road for the arduous journey of 117 kms to Isisford. It was all new roads today, single lane bitumen through open pasture country. Plenty of feed in the paddocks and plenty of tourists coming towards us. I’m still amazed at the newbie caravan drivers flogging along at 100 km/h on undulating, single lane, flood damaged bitumen where you have to go half off road to dodge oncoming traffic. They play with fate.

Inside the Hooper & Brockhurst display shop.

We made up camp on the Barcoo River Weir along with the numerous other gypsies. $5 per night or $27 for the week with a couple of onsite toilets, with toilets and free showers in a modern amenities block in the Main Street for those that need it. It’s a quaint little town with around 250 residents. It’s interesting that nearly all the street names in the town are named after saints. I must confess father, I hadn’t heard of most of them. Well maintained tidy street with a food shop with very limited supplies, obviously everyone shops in Blackall, the larger town 125 kms down the road. There are also several historic displays and a Barcoo River Area Interpretive Centre. Jen’s off fishing for yellow belly (so I’m guessing its chicken for dinner tonight). It’s a pleasant 20º in the sun so time to catch some rays.

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