12/07/12
On to Charleville.
We changed our plans and stayed at the Evening Star Tourist Park "Thurlby Station" a 33,000 acre working cattle station where we enjoyed spacious surroundings, entertainment every night by the camp fire and the brilliant outback night sky when is doesn't rain. We enjoyed camp fires at night.

13/07/12
The School of Distance Education : We found out how 260 children on remote stations attend school. The classroom is over 420,000sq km in size and were able to sit in on a lesson for year 2 children. What a great experience.

Here's a teacher talking to 4, year 2 students

Charleville is home to the captive breeding programme of the endangered Bilby. The dedicated volunteer shared his knowledge and passion for the preservation of the Bilby. We learnt about the time and effort of two men (the Bilby Brothers) to ensure the survival of the  species and was able to see the Bilby's in their enclosure.

Sorry a bit hard to see as it is infrared lights as they are nocternal animals

16/07/12

Stopping over night at Tambo, it is the oldest town in Queensland's Central West.