PS...... I'm home now and all is done..................

For those who were wondering, tungsten is what the filament in every incandescent light bulb is made out of. So, every time you turn on a light and look at it, you are seeing tungsten at work!

Farewell.......

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Departing from Winton as the sun comes up.

 These brown hawks were everywhere munching on roadkill, the fence gives you some idea of their size. Every now and then there were wedge tailed eagles as well, which made these hawks look like midgets!

 The QANTAS museum in Longreach possesses one of the original QANTAS 747's on display, quite large when you get up close....

 An original airport shuttle bus....

 Another roadside emu...

 Barcaldine where the ALP was born, sort of...

 One of the hazards of the country....... an emu wandering the streets...

 A hawk

 Along the road one thing you must be careful of is cows hiding behind road marker posts waiting to jump out in front of your car....

 At one point I spotted these beetles all over the road, so I stopped and took pictures....

 Another Australian road hazard... sheep leading cows onto the road........

 In my entire lifetime I have yet to observe a steam train at a level crossing.... Bout time the Government updated their signs!!!

 Some more shots of the moon......

Fourteenth of June.

I leave Julia Creek intending to visit Mt Isa...

 Country side in this area....

 Includes emus.....

 This is part of the old highway, no wonder so many car crashes occurred, its nearly 2 metres narrower than the new road with no line markings at all!!

 Another road train.....

The country between cloncurry and Mt Isa is quite spectacular...

 A memorial to Burke and Wills, they explored a lot of this country a few years back....

 First view of Mt Isa.....

 A viewing area on a hill in Mt Isa has this sign so you can see how far everywhere is...

 Mt Isa...

 I visited the "underground hospital" museum here and they have quite a collection of old hospital equipment. I could imagine trying to carry some of this stuff in the ambulance!

 The underground Hospital was build during the war when the Japanese attacked Darwin as the authorities were afraid they may attack Mt Isa for the minerals.

From Mt Isa I decided to head home after checking my bank account........

 Big country, big sky....

 Can't be in the outback without taking a picture of a termites nest....

 A tree....

 The road.

 Sunset time....

 I stayed at Winton tonight...............