On the road again..........Part 3 - into Queensland

 Part 1 and 2 of this trip took us from home to Lake Cargelligo. In an effort to catch up I will abbreviate the rest of the trip and post fewer photos. (We are now into July,  2026, and this trip actually took place in April/May, 2025....so you can see I have a lot to post!!)

Next stop was at Cobar......we had intended to stay 2 nights, but extended to 3 due to rain....we had a good look around the town......

.....and the Peak Gold mine...............

and did early voting at a Polling Place.

Next stop was 2 nights at Kidman Camp park at Bourke...........

This was just after the big rains in Queensland and all the water was coming down the river system, and this was the Darling river in flood.............

There were many road closures...........

I had read about river cruises on the Jandra Paddleboat, but sadly it was not running due to the flooded river system. We will have to go back another day.

We visited the information centre and enjoyed lunch there.

From Bourke, we headed north and entered Queensland - why do people have to deface the signs, and graffiti everything?

Due to all the recent rains, the countryside looked amazing and we thought how much the farmers from home would have loved the sheep feed.

We booked in for 2 nights at Cunnamulla...........

...............and toured the area, this was the weir overflowing...........

..........there were many damaged roads...............

Of course, the main attraction to Cunnamulla was this fella..........so a great photo opportunity.

I have to say that we were disappointed in the town itself, lots of closed shops and derelict houses.... sad to see a lot of country towns go backwards......after driving around the area, we had a day to do domestic duties, and Barry had a work day and I read a book.

After 2 nights we headed east to St George,......over the bridge and another swollen river......

 

.....this mural on the side of a building told us we were in cotton growing country..........

........and we saw a lot of harvested cotton rolls in the paddocks...........

Our next stop was Dirranbandi, a small town, still in Queensland........

We visited the information centre and watched an interesting video about Cubby Station, a large cotton growing station. 

After one night at Dirrandandi, we headed further south, crossing the border at Hebel, and was back into New South Wales.....

This map shows our recent travels.......it was only a little sojourn into Queensland......so one day perhaps we might venture further??

Our next stop was at Lightening Ridge, which I will continue in the next post.

I am so glad that I write in a notebook as we travel, as I had to go back for details for this post, as well as looking back into the photo files. I think one of the reasons I stopped blogging was the time it takes to write a post and get the pics to go with it. (It was also the time I started a messenger group, called "baznjudeontheroad" again, which is so much quicker to do.) - But then I can't get that printed, so hence my effort now to 'catch up".

Blessings, From Jude

It's been 15 years.......

As I said in yesterday's post, today it is 15 years since I started NewsfromJude. I am going to attempt to catch up from where I left off last year!! That might be easier said than done, but I do like to get the books printed, and have enjoyed 'looking back' this week. Even if all my readers have given up looking, it's ok, as this is mainly for my records. I've had to go back to my notebooks from our travels to remind me where we have been.

After I wrote yesterdays post, Barry reminded me of the song by Slim Dusty, looking forward, looking back.....

Looking forward, looking back
I've come a long way down the track
Got a long way left to go
Making songs, from what I know

Making sense of what I've seen
All the love we've had between
You and I, along the track
Looking forward, looking back

There are strange days
Full of change on the way
But we'll be fine, unlike some
I'll be leaning forward, to see what's coming

I will see how I go trying to catch up 12 months???

Blessings From Jude

Looking back....

 It was 15 years ago, on July 31st, 2011 that I commenced the News from Jude blog......this week I have gone back in time and reading some of the books I've had printed.

It is more than 12 months since I have reported in, and I'm now considering whether I should resume posting??

Readers have probably given up looking for newsfromjude, but regardless its been good to have the printed books to look back on....

Perhaps I'll try to catch up again?? What do you think??

Blessings,  From Jude