Monday 28th May Jericho to Longreach via Barcaldine. Our first stop today was at Barcaldine, Pop. 1800 and home of the Tree of Knowledge and the beginnings of the Labor Party. The Masonic Temple is interesting as it is constructed from corrugated iron. The Anglican Church has some beautiful stained glass windows. There is also an “Australian Worker’s Heritage Centre” but we had visited it before so after a great coffee break at a local café, we headed to Longreach. I was beside myself as the sky was full of hawks. We counted thirty in one group. I could not stop to take a photo as the road was narrow, hilly and the verge was very wet from the recent rains. I have never seen so kmany raptors in all my travels. They were feeding on road kill. Arrived in Longreach in time for lunch. Decided to camp in the caravan park as there were 60 camped at the river site the night before. Late in the afternoon, three brolgas came wandering through the camp site. Tuesday 29th May Longreach Today is cleaning, washing and shopping day and rationalising our packing etc. Was a cold night and the wind is blowing across the plains. The Boeing 747 that is at the QANTAS museum is sinking into the ground so at the moment, they are trying to lift it so that the structure underneath can be re-enforced. Managed to get a card reader so will now be able to add photos to the post.