TOD Tour 2.0 Day 68 - Winton to Barcaldine

Coffee at the Australian Age of Dinosaurs

Much better day today. We both slept well and what ever collywobbles had infected Sue yesterday were washed away by this morning.

With less than 300kms to travel today on our relentless and unplanned return to home, we made a later start and revisited the Australian Age of Dinosaurs, which was only a slight detour off our chosen track for the day. We got there not long after it opened, received a warm welcome and went to the large, open cafe area which faces the western view from the top of the mesa (or jump up as they are called in Australia). Apart from the flies, this was a pleasant 45 minutes and the coffee was very good this time around.

Back of the road heading south east to Longreach, we were right into the teeth of the wind and therefore took the pace off to conserve fuel. We passed the time listening to podcasts.

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At Longreach, we found a cafe we hadn't used before and had an excellent lunch.

The wind had largely blown itself out for the last 100kms to Barcaldine. Like most of this track
home, Barcaldine is known territory so we were soon fueled for tomorrow, booked into the caravan park and set up inside ten minutes.