Great Place

We left Winton for Hughendon, this was a long drive with many unfenced paddocks which meant we had stock, kangoaroos, emus, wild pigs and dingos running across the road at various times, I tried to be vigilant to help Glenn. It was cautious driving but so spectacular to be seeing all this happening in front of this is the bush setting. At Hughendon we refuelled and then headed towards Charters Towers with the intention of Camping for the night, we generally try to set up camp before 4.00pm as this will avoid the dusk and the dangerous Kangaroos crossing. We pulled into Prarie and I saw a great pub which I thought we may be able to camp at. I walked into the pub and then walked right through it and found no one. I came out to Glenn and said that I couldnt find anyone but as a minimum we should have a drink as this was a great pub. A couple of seconds later the Publican arrived, he was pulling out stumps a couple of doors down to burn in the slow combustion stove. We could stay for the night in his backyard with hot showers for only $11.00 best value yet. We set up camp and then moved into the pub of course. It was fantastic, circa 1894, and the couple who run it have tried to maintain this throughout. The dinner is served in the dining room with fantastic old furniture, side boards etc. The bar proper is covered with photos, old hats, farming implements, snakes in formaldahide(spelling??), the bar chairs were dentist chairs, barber chairs, tractor chairs - you get the picture. Riley and Glenn had another game of pool and we all decided that Prarie was terrific.

Prairie, Australia