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Longreach 3,684kms

May 22, 2009

Well somewhere east of Alpha it became official, this is the longest trek we have made on the bikes! Way past the Tassie trip. The sunny skies disappeared a short time out of Emerald and we finally gave in and donned the wet weather gear east of Jericho to warm up. The sights have been spectacular changing from rugged mountainous surrounds changing from dark green to silver grey to deep blue or yellow if minimal tree cover. The mountains gave way to hills then slipped into rolling lightly treed land and now heavily grassed plains. The road kill has increased and been fresh late in the day. Have seen hundreds of eagles. Magnificent. Then lots of cattle today, a few wild goats, a couple of emus and a dingo / dog / giant cat thing??? We had lunch at Barcaldine and saw the tree of knowledge where unions and the labour party had their origins. So much to see, so little time! Intend to stay 2 nights and then head off to McKinlay. Booked a motel tonight so it won't be as noisy as a pub….we hope.



Emerald PO (Longreach also quite similar)



A couple of good looking bikes in front of the tree of knowledge newly dedicated surrounds May 2nd this year, you may have seen it on the TV.By the way, the safety barriers are those we carry from the Victorian Manufacturer all up the east coast so again the product of our work!



Twin speaker car alarm at Barcaldine or a couple of lads about town. Who knows?


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