Woolscouring bath - Blackall Qld

Woolscouring machine loading wool into the bath - Blackall Qld

Bob Harvey watching transfer slats on Woolscour bath

These alternating teeth moved wool through dryers and out

Dry clean wool sorted into these bins to await baling

This press machine was used to bale 400lbs of wool

Blackall Woolscour closed in 1978

We visited the Australian Workers Heritage Centre in Barcaldine

Oh no... where have we come from... and where are we going???

Replicated train station at AWHC at Barcaldine

Original wooden box toilet - AWHC at Barcaldine

Bushranger in lockup at old Qld Police Station

Celebration Theatre - what a joke - Barcaldine

Inside the tent theatre - AWHC at Barcaldine

Fantastic Aboriginal Dot Painting - AWHC at Barcaldine

Someone can't spell Labour - AWHC at Barcaldine

Carol inside Historical Post Office - AWHC at Barcaldine

Just for Carol - historical classroom - AWHC at Barcaldine

Notice in classroom - AWHC at Barcaldine

Womens Hall - AWHC at Barcaldine

We met Mary in Tambo and bought a beautiful Echidna from her

We have followed the Heritage Trail from the NSW/Qld border

We stopped here for tea and scones - delicious - Barcaldine

There were beautiful roses with fantastic scents and colours

This is the Tree of Knowledge in Barcaldine

Self explanatory photo

One of the pubs in Barcaldine

Finally we arrived in Longreach - and home of Qantas too

Qantas Airlines started here in Longreach Qld

Stockman's Hall of Fame - Longreach

Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame - Longreach

Tapestry inside the Stockman's Hall of Fame - Longreach

Ceiling inside Stockman's Hall of Fame - Longreach

One of the displays inside the Stockman's Hall of Fame

Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame Show - Longreach

Rusty at Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame Show - Longreach

Rusty explained stockman's life, dogs, packhorse, history

Rusty and his dog Ice working this mob of sheep

Old Qantas Hanger - Longreach Qld

We went to the Qantas Founders Outback Museum - Longreach

We were going on an escorted tour of this retired 747-200 plane

Inside the rear cargo bay of a 747-200 Qantas Aircraft

The Black Box (right) is actually orange - at back of plane

In the evening we took this Paddle cruise along Thomson River

Thomson River was like glass - so peaceful

Looking at Carol from the upper deck

Just beautiful

Sunset on the Thomson River - Longreach

Lookout Graham is singing again - he was quite good.

Billies being boiled whilst we had a bush dinner