There are exhibits covering the army, navy and air force. There's also a special display which is regularly changed. It's currently an exhibit about some local members of the air force.
Our destination this day is Glenmorgan, another small town with plenty to see. Our campsite was at the "End of the Line" which is the relocated old railway station building. Both Meandarra and Glenmorgan are using their old railway buildings as tourist information centres. Next to the campsite was a vintage car museum. "Monty" has all manner of parts available for old cars. He also has some very well restored cars on display.
We hit the road and our next stop was Surat, 60 kms down the road. This area is a now major centre for the nearby gas fields. We were last in Surat in 1976. We called into the old Cobb & Co Changing Station to look at the museum which has some very good displays. There are some great stories about life in this area with a series of exhibits about drilling and water management. The main feature of the museum is a replica 14 person Cobb & Co coach. Next door we saw a gallery of fabric art based on a nearby small town.


Ballon is another small (pop 130) town with a great sense of community. There is a good free camp area on the river with flat sites and plenty of good quality water. It's starting to get hot now with temperatures well into the 30sC. We have kangaroos coming to the river to drink and several bossy ducks hanging around the camp. The yabby net we bought in Tara has been put to good use although we are mainly feeding very smart yabbies that eat the bait and escape from the net. We have managed to catch one large yabby which was delicious with salad. We have really good mobile and WiFi service here, although no TV which is satellite only.
We got up early on the 14th November to see the solar eclipse - partial here and total in the Cairns area. Although the sky was clear we weren't able to see much apart from a significant drop in the light for a few minutes. We watched the actual eclipse on the internet from Cairns. Later in the morning we called in to the Heritage Centre which has a big collection of memorabilia from the area. We have booked into the Nullawokka Aboriginal Tour for the next morning.
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