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From Barkly Roadhouse this morning the road (which is called the Barkly Highway) heads towards the border with Queensland and the town of Camooweal. Along the way there are a few rest areas which I remember from our last trip to this part of the world. At the last of these rest areas about 60km from Camooweal I met a guy named Norm who was on an expedition to walk from Townsville to Darwin. He is carrying his survival gear in a modified garden troller.

The town of Camooweal has a mounted stockman as a monument to those that fought for Australia in WWI and WWII. I included a photo of the local pub (which I think is closed) and the community center.

A number of times on this trip I have seen large clouds of dust in the distance. I eventually worked out that such clouds are caused by road trains driving on unsealed (gravel) roads. On this days ride I actually caught such a roadtrain while I had time to take a photo.

I spent the night in a wide cleared area at the entrance to a farming property. The location is marked by a sign Split Rock. I dont understand the meaning of the sign.

Unfortunately the night was somewhat uncomfortable as my sleeping mat developed a leak the night I camped at the north end of the Tablelands Highway and so tonight I tried to improvise some padding from my clothes.