We crossed the border and again experienced better roads (flood money used for roads). Travelled through the Jackson oil fields on bitumen again. We visited the Dig Tree and headed for the Noccundra water hole and pub. It was just as I recall, great pub, great atmosphere and great evening session with the publican and fellow travellers.
Threw the swags down by the waterhole and slept like a baby. Up early and headed east, stopped in at Thargamindah for a pie and then headed for the Yowah opal fields, visited a a shed and saw some great opals, had a scratch around but found nothing. Headed for St George and on to Nindigully. Got to the Nindigully pub around 4.00pm, set up camp and headed for the bar.
Great pub and again good feed and company, We had arrived right on happy hour and took the opportunity to quench our thirst with a few quick beers at $2.50 a pot, I'm sure we only had three beers all night! One highlight was the storm that hit around 5pm, first the dust storm, then the squally rain and then the sunset.
It turned out to be our last night on the road. We had planned to drop into Neal's on the way home, but he was leaving for Cape York for a couple of days with work. I contacted Paul and while we had organised to stay the night, Prue was having to go to Toowoomba for a couple of days, so we dropped into Warwick to see Paul and headed home.
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