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May 31, 2009 - Camooweal

Still freezing cold in the morning but at least not raining or windy. SO glad to say weather has warmed up nicely - very handy having the caravan so you can pull over for a change of clothes when necessary! Now camped at small township called Camooweal and enjoying the ...

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Feb 19, 2008 - Camooweal and The Northern Territory

Hi Everyone, So sorry about being so slack at writing over the past few weeks, I have been so busy doing things :) Well a few weekends ago on a lazy sunday morning a group of us decided to take off and explore the land a little further than Mt Isa, so off we headed in the 4WD's (you cant get far without them around here!) to Camooweal. ... Camooweal is actually considered to be a remote suburb of Mt Isa, so along what is considered the longest main road in the world, The Barklay Highway. ... Finally after about an hour and a half trip we arrived in Camooweal, it was about lunch time by this stage, so had to stop at the roadhouse for some lunch (not really anywhere else to stop in Camooweal) and suprisingly had quite a nice lunch of a ham roll. ...

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Aug 16, 2007 - Right On The Border

TODAYS JOURNEY TOOK US FROM JULIA CREEK THROUGH CLONCURRY AND MT ISA AND ALMOST TO THE BORDER. WE STARTED TO GET USED TO THE NEW SCENERY UNTILL WE STARTED TO COME CLOSE TO ISA WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE DRIVING THROUGH HILLS AND STARTED TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR- THE RED GROUND- AT THE END OF TODAYS DRIVING WE HAVE REACHED CAMOOWEAL, JUST A HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP FROM THE BORDER TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. ... GOING TO HAVE A KNOCK OFF DRINK.TODAYS JOURNEY TOOK US FROM JULIA CREEK THROUGH CLONCURRY AND MT ISA AND ALMOST TO THE BORDER. WE STARTED TO GET USED TO THE NEW SCENERY UNTILL WE STARTED TO COME CLOSE TO ISA WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WERE DRIVING THROUGH HILLS AND STARTED TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR- THE RED GROUND- AT THE END OF TODAYS DRIVING WE HAVE REACHED CAMOOWEAL, JUST A HOP, SKIP AND A JUMP FROM THE BORDER TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. ... GOING TO HAVE A KNOCK OFF DRINK....

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J.C.'S BIG ADVENTURE

Feb 13, 2007 - Heading off into the distant yonder called the OUTBACK

It was an early start ( 6AM - whatelse in Australia), and onto the Desert Venturer bus for our cross country trip to Cairns. Not that any of us really minded since it was well over 40 degrees the entire day! We spent the night in Camooweal and learned how to find the southern cross in the sky. ...

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