20230616 Qld Narran River to Dirranbandi

As hard as it is to leave a great country pub we must move on and Dirranbandi is our next location to camp for a few days, hopefully if the camp ground is any good. Driving along the Castlereagh Hwy/A55 when I spotted a river, that look good for yabbies Des, so he turned around and dropped a couple of pots to check it out, after an hour he returned yelling, Lee you want to stay a few day with a big grin on his dial, someone’s in his happy place. There’s no reception so that means no TV but I can have a fire and sit back and watch the sun go down and the stars shine, what more do you need.

Off he goes with his pot and dog food, now the waiting game begins.

Our camp spot for the next few day or I’m guessing until the freezer is full.

The Narran River, a great place to camp and catch yabbies.

You wouldn’t think someone could be in his element be-heading stinking yabbies.

Sitting around our fire watching the sun set in the middle of nowhere with just the occasional truck passing by.

The next morning while Des was out checking his pots I went for a walk to try and find Lowlands, I don’t know if it was Lowlands but I did find a field full of cotton Bails after a long walk up a dirt track.

Well someone’s a happy Chappy.

His last catch so after he beheaded his catch and did his final count, 395 all up so he left feeling quite chuffed with himself.

20230619 We arrived in Dirranbandi and stopped at a roadside truck stop as we entered the town, Des can wash the front of the van then I was checking out Wiki when I noticed there’s also hot showers, so I grabbed my towel for a much needed wash, three day is getting a bit much. Des cooked some yabbies that tasted like crap then we drove into town where we brought lunch, strolled the town then heading to a rest stop up the road.

In memory of all who fought in the Great War 1914-1918 and their horses who could not come home. The Charge of Beersheba took place at dusk in 1917 with the intention to capture intact the water supply of the Beersheba wells for horse and rider; the mission was successful and were then in a position to move onto Jerusalem, a victory in the Middle East War.  The Charge by the Light Horse Regiment of 800 horsemen, led by Brigadier-General Grant (1870-1939 who purchased the property Corack at Dirranbandi after the war and remained here until his death.

THE DIRRANBANDI DANDY

Now in the moleskin trousers and my boots aboard an outlaw as he leaves the chutes in my goose neck spurs I rake their fiery hide and the girls all shouting around the riverside

The Cunnamulla Fella 1950's

The original Commercial Hotel burnt down in 1919 and was rebuilt as the larger 2 storey building which today forms the core of the current hotel.

There was no bakery in town in 2016 but today, as strange as it may seem there’s a Russian-born Natalia who runs the new local bakery with some special sweet Russian delights.

This bugger was running across the road until he spotted us and decided to turn around and run back as Des hits the breaks, he was nearly road kill.

We spotted a dirt track about 30km from St George so we checked it out and found a nice spot on some grass where we were surrounded by a cotton farm.

I grabbed my camera and went exploring when I climbed a big mound of dirt to find a dam, this is the new thing now in many of these outback areas especially after the floods. 

The End