Stay at the caravan park today and had three goes in the spa cooked a meat loaf for tea with salad and we off again tomorrow heading towards Moonie on our way to Dalby we will then go to Kingaroy the peanut capital on the world where old Joe Peterson came from former premier of Queensland a thief. First place since Narandra their has been a Coles and Woolworth supermarket the only supermarket were Khans Super IGA's who were the decendants of the Afgans who came t...

The views from the car windows from Lightning Ridge to Moree differs vastly every 300 k we are looking at more farm wheat and cotton more water and every time we stop Peter picks up coke bottles labels for Katie have already sent one batch by mail. Arrived about 1.00 pm set up quickly had a bite to eat then went to the 4 Artesian pools which are on site for quest use 34, 35, 37 and 39 degrees. In the late 1996 to early 1997 the bore was sunk to a depth of 720 me...

Another day with clear blue sky about 39 degrees woke to birds calls could here cockatoos,galas and Peter heard a kookaburra cooked Peter a full English breakie I think this makes his day he just loves the eggs. Went for drive to Nettletons first shaft sunk in 1902 and lookout views to the Coocoron opal fields stopped to talk to men's working an opal mine they are weekend miner one a coal miner by trade comes from Newcastle in Sydney they said they have to do tw...

Went on tour to Chambers of the black hand a working black opal mine where we walked among 14 years of one man passion of Dinosaurs 10 feet high Buddha angles jungle cats and more we spoke to the artist who immigrated to Australia in 1982 I took the lift down and Peter walked 88 steps down we went 44 meters underground, not as far down where by they dig for diamonds but far enough for Peter. After we stopped of at a Art Gallery Peter Bird. Then back to the inform...

Went to opal mine called Chambers of the black hand saw some amazing art spoke to the actual artist who was from Lancashire came in 1970 to Lightning Ridge been doing this for 14 years pictures of dinosaurs, 10 foot high Budda, angles and many more carvings in sandstone I went down by lift 44 metres underground Peter walked down 88 stairs miners toured us through the 100 years old mine. We then went to visitors centre and then to the bowling club where we saw Pet...