DAYS 139-141 : AUGATHELLA, ROMA, TOOWOOMBA

15-17 August, 2010.   In Longreach I (Bev) ended up at the hospital with a rash on my legs and arm which was beginning to get out of control....   I itched to death and didn't get much sleep, then with all the medication the next few days passed in a bit of a whirl.....   After leaving Longreach we drove to Barcaldine, then south through Blackall and camped about 40 kms north of Augathella.....   On the road the next day we stopped in the pretty little town of Morven for lunch..... .....

  geese welcomed us in the park

There was an interesting little museum with an old kerosene tin hut..... during the Depression kerosene was used for fuel and heating and people used the tin containers to build cheap housing....

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At Morven the highway turned east towards Brisbane.  We continued on through Mitchell (named after Major Mitchell) and had a late lunch in the lovely town of Roma.... 

A further 40 km west we spend the night free camping at Wallumbilla Showgrounds, here you see the
welcoming entrance to the Showgrounds.......

...  There were provisions to hook up to Water & Power but was not needed as we still had enough
      resources on board......

 The next day we travelled on through Miles, Chinchilla, Dalby and Toowoomba where we free camped again on the bend of a river.....