Day 228 Bollon, Qld

 Because we had to turn our clocks back one hour as we crossed the Queensland/New South Wales border, we arrived into Cunnamulla at 10.30am Queensland time - too early to check in - so we made the unanimous decision to keep going in an easterly direction.  WikiCamps told us that there was a very good (donation) free camp at the little town of Bollon that was a further 180km along the Balonne Highway.

The rising flood waters around Bourke were very evident as we drove out of the township.  They tell us that Bourke won't go under water.  I hope not.

As we drove further north the country changed from Mulga, with goats grazing both sides of the road, to vast open downs that were covered in some very lush grass that looked very similar to the Mitchell Grass plains around Julia Creek.  There was a mix of sheep and goats grazing in the paddocks and all the stock looked very healthy. I've said it before and I will say it again, we have been so lucky to see this country looking so green and heavily grassed.  

The Queensland Border is a welcome sign for us but also makes our adventures over the past eight months almost seem surreal.  To kill the boredom when we are driving along, we challenge each other to remember where we have been in the correct order!  It is no mean feat as the WikiCamps app tells us that we have visited 108 places and travelled 18,746 kilometres so far and we are still almost 3000 kilometres from home!

Arriving into Bollon I am completely gobsmacked by how lovely the Wallam Creek Free Camp is.  There are only two other caravans here by 3.00pm but I can imagine it would be hard to find a spot in peak season.  The little town has gone to a lot of trouble to make it as inviting as they possibly can with Wallam Creek lined with bbq tables and chairs and there is a concrete path - fully light with solar lamps - that takes you all the way into the township. 

Philip fuelled up the car as soon as we had un-hooked the van because we found on the Fuel App that Bollon has Diesel at 225.9/litre.  The cheapest we have seen in quite some time!  How great is this place.  If there is a downside to this camp it is that, although there is four bars of 3G Telstra, it is taking an enormous amount of time for me to upload my photos.  We would not be able to use Telstra for Apple TV.  We have struck this a few times on our travels.  It takes me back to the days when we had to connect to the internet using dial-up modems and it took forever.  It's a shame that we (I) have become so impatient and need everything to be immediate.

We are going to head to the Bollon Pub for dinner tonight as the bloke at the service station told Philip that the steaks there were the "best in the west".  A big call.  I'll take photos.