Richmond to Ayr

About 200k from Charters Towers the bells in our car started again saying check engine.  What do we do hop out check all we knew but it still seemed to be running fine so we drove to the Holden agency at Charters Towers and a young mechanic came out this time with the computer as they needed to clear the computer not just reset the service alarm. 

All fixed and David wanted to go to the Burdekin Falls Dam, there was a caravan park listed in our camps 5 book and the road said 80k but boy it seemed a lot longer than that, we finally found what looked like an abandoned caravan park with a sign saying $15 powered site and would be collected at 7am in the morning.  It was a lovely place with grass and the bird life was amazing.  We saw an echnida on the way to the BBQ where we cooked our dinner  about  200m from our camp.  No phone service though.  We packed up and went for a walk to check out the dam and were amazed by the facilities just left dormant.  The dam itself was massive and the waterfall spectacular to look at.  There were a few road blocks (cows) on the way. 

cows on the road

On the way to Ayr we stopped at Ravenswood to view some of the history, David had been here before and enjoyed reminiscing.  It was then on to Ayr to visit Eddie and Pam where we free camped at their can farm.  Some more reminiscing for David of his days he spent working in the Court House in Ayr.  We had lunch at the Queens Hotel for $10 each and it was the best value for money I have seen in a long time.  It is great to be able to catch up with Eddie, Pam and the children.

Austin A 40 van at Ravenswood

Burdekin Falls Dam