Charlotte Plains was very hard to leave and is on the "must do again list" the serenity coupled with the friendly owners makes for a great place to stay, next time we will stay longer and I have offered to give a hand and volunteer around the property, Robyn runs the place pretty much on her own and was keen to take up the offer, I look forward to a bit of hard labour.
The drive through to St George was uneventful, we noted the changing scenery as we headed east, the brown baron waste slowly started to to show signs of life with patches of green and the odd bunch of early spring wild flowers on the roadside. Road kill also started to diminish apart from the increase in large pigs, especially closer to St George.
Our plan was to use the dump point , refuel and fill the water tanks in St George, fuel and dump point was easy however nowhere would supply us with water, the servos have removed the handles from their taps to prevent the constant stream of caravaners from filling up their tanks.
We headed off towards Nindigully which is only about 50 Klm south east of St George. Ninigully is a free camp outside the hotel and on the banks of the Moonie River. On arrival we were shocked to find at least 50 other vans camped in the area, we set up before wandering up to the hotel for a cold beer.
Nindigully Hotel Free Camp is well used
The hotel is oozing character and would not be out of place in any of the small outback towns we stopped in. Given the number of vans in the car park I tried to book for dinner however was assured by bar staff that a booking was not required. We had a wander around, stopping to chat with other travelers and looking over the vast array of vans and tugs in varying states of repair and then went back to our spot and settled in to watch a DVD. At about 4.30 we heard a bit of movement and watched as almost every body began wandering up to the pub, like cows going to milking, it was happy hour.
Nindigully Hotel, great feed and cold beers, a great place to overnight.
We wandered up just before 5.30 and the place was full and overflowing, the bar was three deep as budget wary travelers bought 3-4 schooners before happy hour finished. A short time later the place was empty as everyone finished their drinks and headed back to their vans, we had our choice of tables in the dining room and enjoyed the company of another couple we had met earlier, whilst we enjoyed a lovely steak meal and a couple more cold beers. As we wandered back to the van a huge road train, lit up like a christmas tree and dwarfing the surrounding vehicles, ambled into the car park, it was just dark and a great display of driving skill saw the driver negotiate around the many vans before pulling up for the night.
The drive through to St George was uneventful, we noted the changing scenery as we headed east, the brown baron waste slowly started to to show signs of life with patches of green and the odd bunch of early spring wild flowers on the roadside. Road kill also started to diminish apart from the increase in large pigs, especially closer to St George.
Our plan was to use the dump point , refuel and fill the water tanks in St George, fuel and dump point was easy however nowhere would supply us with water, the servos have removed the handles from their taps to prevent the constant stream of caravaners from filling up their tanks.
We headed off towards Nindigully which is only about 50 Klm south east of St George. Ninigully is a free camp outside the hotel and on the banks of the Moonie River. On arrival we were shocked to find at least 50 other vans camped in the area, we set up before wandering up to the hotel for a cold beer.
Nindigully Hotel Free Camp is well used
The hotel is oozing character and would not be out of place in any of the small outback towns we stopped in. Given the number of vans in the car park I tried to book for dinner however was assured by bar staff that a booking was not required. We had a wander around, stopping to chat with other travelers and looking over the vast array of vans and tugs in varying states of repair and then went back to our spot and settled in to watch a DVD. At about 4.30 we heard a bit of movement and watched as almost every body began wandering up to the pub, like cows going to milking, it was happy hour.
Nindigully Hotel, great feed and cold beers, a great place to overnight.
We wandered up just before 5.30 and the place was full and overflowing, the bar was three deep as budget wary travelers bought 3-4 schooners before happy hour finished. A short time later the place was empty as everyone finished their drinks and headed back to their vans, we had our choice of tables in the dining room and enjoyed the company of another couple we had met earlier, whilst we enjoyed a lovely steak meal and a couple more cold beers. As we wandered back to the van a huge road train, lit up like a christmas tree and dwarfing the surrounding vehicles, ambled into the car park, it was just dark and a great display of driving skill saw the driver negotiate around the many vans before pulling up for the night.
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