Charleville

Medical Kit at the the Royal Flying Doctor Visitors centre

We cycled around Charleville



Friday 20th and Saturday 21st May 2011:
Stayed the two nights at the well appointed Bailey Bar Caravan Park. I used the laundry facilities while Chris had chores of his own. In the evening we joined other caravaners around a camp fire and enjoyed a camp oven dinner of red wine beef casserole, cooked over hot coals, with mashed potato and damper. Then apple crumble with custard and billy tea brewed in a large camp pot. Saturday Chris and I cycled around Charleville for three Hours visiting:
The Charleville Royal Flying Doctor, where we did a self guided tour of the visitors centre which had an excellent display of the long history of medical service to remote outback communities, past and present equipment and medical kits.
Historic House Museum - photo opportunity of one of the few 'Queenslanders' left in Charleville.
Graham Andrews Parkland, an outback oasis, which was constructed after the 1990 floods as a gift to the towns people. It has a lake, working windmill, watercourse, adventure playground for children and free B-B-Que. There are two preserved Vortex Rainmaking Guns which were built in 1902 (after extreme drought). The guns were charged with gunpowder in the hope that when discharged the explosion would cause changes in the atmospheric pressure and produce rain. DID THE GUNS WORK ????
Well No!