Images: Brisbane to Melboune, via Longreach and Bowen, The Wicked Run pic set #3 (Click on Images to enlarge)

Jericho Drive in movies

Project at Wicked Campers called the Bummer Car, the project has come to a halt as they can't find a place to put the tail and stop lights

Jericho old timer house

Jericho Jail next to Police Station

Tree of Knowledge was a tree in Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia, which was regarded as the birthplace of the Australian Labor Party (ALP,

Tree of Knowledge

It was a early start from Emerald heading towards Longreach, the best thing was that there was only a few trucks on the road. Most vehicles we encountered were vehicles of all descriptions towing vans , but, the road was littered with road kill, which made one keep a good lookout for Roo's. and wild pigs. Kangaroos are mainly on the move during the night and one expects to see lots of them at dusk and dawn that's when they are out looking for water, however, in broad daylight and only 40k out of Emerald one bounced across right in front of us, the problem being in a hire camper any damage is classed as a single vehicle accident, which means you pay for any damage. When we drove out of Longreach returning towards Emerald Teresa counted 60 dead Kangaroos on the road in 35 klm of driving. Wicked Campers have a policy of no driving in the outback during dawn to dusk to avoid damage to there campers. As we headed towards Longreach we stopped at several small towns to see any points or things of interest and at Longreach the main attractions are the Qantas museum and the Stockmans hall of fame. Longreach was a real buzz with people out and about in town. The two caravan parks were full and a free camp area about two Klm out to the west of town was filling up fast. We were told you can use the showers at the swimming pool for a small fee $2.50PP so we decided to go and have a shower before deciding if we were going to stay at the camp area just out of town. I paid the money and went in for a shower, There was no privacy what so ever, the four showers were all side by side in one big open area. Teresa told me that the female showers were all single showers with walls and door.. We had seen the town and the attractions so decided we would start heading back towards Emerald as there were plenty of places to stay overnight in our style of camper. I guess our visit to Longreach was short, but, we had seen the attractions and thought we could see plenty of other sights if we got under way as we had to follow the same route back to Emerald before cutting across country to Bowen.