Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The Road Just Keeps Going on and on and on.........


The Road the just keeps going.....
 
We left Eulo, after my early morning training session at the Lizard Track ready for as far as we could get.  With the dirt roads all closed off we have to stick to the black tar for a while until we get to Broken Hill and go from there.  We did cross the Queensland/New South Wales Border. :)

Passing the time waving to cars...some people did wave too :)
So what do you do when you are sitting, in a car to pass the time????

Man, I was so bored at one stage I started waving to all the cars, and then played eye spy, making up sentences with the three letters on the rego plates.  Phoenix wasn't much fun he just slept.  Some 355km later we arrived at a bush camp just outside of Burke.  So I guess you could say we really were at "The back of Burke."  ......

Yahoo crossing the border from Qld to NSW
In Outback NSW....

Phoenix and I taking a break after a long drive....




Monday, February 13, 2012

Wild blue yonder calling...Eulo



Hanging out at the General Store in Eulo...great honey

On the road again...
Wow, I really did enjoy the Cooper Creek.  But now it is back on the road, yahoo.  With all this water lying around and back tracking we are spending alot of 'Quality time' in the car.  We crossed the Paroo River today and it was flowing over 500mm, it was really exciting.  Then found a real neat little town called Eulo.
Opal mining was king of the hill back in the late 1800's here, and there was a lady here called Queen Eulo that run the pub.  Not a lady to get on the wrong side of that is for sure.  Eulo also has a date farm, with a big stew pot out the front that Michele tried to cook me up in (joking)  I escaped she is too slow to get me.....hee hee.
It's a cool town that even has lizard racing, I did a lap around the track just to stretch my legs.  Had the track all to myself.  The lizards must have been having a rest day from training.  


Andy Roo's Fact Finds:  Eulo is located in SW Queensland, and is 67km west of Cunnamulla.  On the road out ot where the three states meet (SA, QLD, NSW)  Cameron's Corner.  Population:  109

Crossing Paroo River

the stew I escaped from

Dates on a tree..

the cool Lizard track in Eulo

Running away from the big lizard...he is 20ft tall
Taking a rest after the big run





Lost but now found....where have you been Andy Roo?

Holly Dolly Andy Roo got a little side tracked there didn't he, and has been gone a long time.  He just loved it at the last camp spot on the Cooper Creek, he decided to stay for a while.  So hope you have all had a great Christmas and Happy New Year.  Wonder where Andy Roo is going in 2012?


But for now....we better finish off his 7,000km adventure and then I can share some exciting news with you...

Happy tails...

Michele :)