Qantas- Queensland & Northern Territory Air Service.
Again so much history here, a great place.........
Steve in a DC3 the first practical Plane. (First flew in 1935).
Steve in the DC3.
The controls of the DC3.
Me & DH61 Giant Moth.
Steve in one of the first passenger planes , complete with toilet. (1929).
The pilot sat outside so he could feel what the weather was doing!!
Model t ford, which made the trip cross country from Longreach to Darwin, an incredible story.
Steve in the museum.
Steve is off the ground.
Can he land it???
Steve with a T-Bus.
Talk about tail gating us!!!!
Ilfracombe with lots of old machinery lining the streets.
The old Cattle truck.
An old steam engine.
The "Goodies" or "Gosling" bike?
Next stop Barcaldine.........
What's this we say?
The Tree of Knowledge. This is strange as its the site of the forming of the Labour party!
Blackall
The Blackall Woolscour operated from 1908 until 1978. The mill is one of four built and is the only remaining mill of its kind in the world. Woolscour means wool washing. This is the only steam driven scour. (This still works from May to the end of August). The woolscour is situated next to an artesian, free flowing bore which supplied ample hot water for scouring. Steve loved all the machinery and I loved the rest!!
The shearing Shed.
The Artesian free flowing bore.(58C 98% pure water from 720mtr down)
Some Merino sheep.
Steve with old boiler not Dee !
Inside the shearing shed, where 20 shearers could be working.
Old holding pens.
Merino Wool.
The Bale Compressor.
The Scour.
Hand shears & Wool.
So many names, stencil's for the bales of wool.
More holding pens.
My Grandma used to have a toilet like this!!
The water is cooler at this end.
