We're back in the red dirt of Queensland's outback. From Bourke we made our way to Cunnamulla where we reacquainted ourselves with the "Cunnamulla Fella". The it was onwards and upwards to Charleville.
We've been in Charleville for 5 days. We were last here in November 2012.
The Parks and Wildlife staff conduct a number of activities centred on the bilby, a type of bandicoot. We saw the bibles last time we were here so this time we made some purchases to support the Save the Bilby Fund. We walked around the reserve and saw some endangered bridal tail rock wallabies.
This time the one thing on our list was to spend some time at the Cosmos Centre and Observatory. Last time our tour was cancelled due to the weather so we were looking forward to our visit this time. We booked in to the Introduction to the Night Sky tour where we learned to read star charts and how to apply them to the stars up above. This was followed by the Cosmos Observatory - At Night where we looked through telescopes and had several constellations, stellar bodies and planets explained. An excellent time had on a cold cloudless night. A couple of nights later we were back again to hear some Aboriginal Night Sky Stories. The aboriginal stories are based on the dark spaces in the skies rather than the bright stars. We've often seen the Emu in the Sky and The Warrior, both can be found close to the Southern Cross. We also had plenty of time to look around and experience the excellent interactive displays.
Today is ANZAC Day, 100 years since our soldiers landed in Turkey. There have been several commemorative services in Charleville. We visited the War Memorial to pay our respects.
Last night there was a parade of lanterns and a fireshow and fireworks to mark the devastating floods here in 1990. 25 years ago the Warrego River burst its banks and inundated the town. The high levee banks provided a natural stage for last night's show - just about everybody in town attended.
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