Back from North Queensland.

The 6 weeks I spent in North West Queensland was amazing and exciting....especially as I thought back to the diary entries of my father as he related his experiences in North Queensland.

THursday June 20th....

Having risen, showered, shaved and breakfasted, had a talk to one of the men folk about the place, not many being about, as most had gone on to Rankins. Then looked over the bus and got her ready for the next stage of the journey. There are 3 little girls in the family and very nice kiddies they are too. ...........left about 3 o'clock. The bus now begins to give trouble and in the first couple of miles had to stop and adjust the timing which for some reason was slipping. After a while though she went alright. After passing through a couple of gates we came out to Alexandria Station, the second biggest cattle station in the world.......The feed here is better and we came out in to a real open plain. As fas as we could see there was nothing but open flat country, rising away to the horizon. The only thing that broke the sameness was an occasional tree and in places a sub artesian bore......eventually sighted a few tress and pulled up at Rankine on the rankine River.

THis entry depicts exactly the type of country I passed through on my way to Bellfield Station which is in a forest area such a contrast to the open plains.