We've been to Winton several times and have fond memories of this small outback town. Winton is about 900km from Mossman so we stayed overnight at Lake Louisa, a great free-camp about 100km north of Hughenden. We were lucky that the unsealed road was open because Central Queensland had been subject to lots of rain and floods. After a stop the next morning at Hughenden we drove on to Winton. The countryside was green with plenty of new growth and flowers everywhere.
We were able to visit the Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum to renew friendships made when we worked there in May 2015 "prepping" dinosaur bones. There are still plenty of packets waiting for intrepid volunteers to work on.
The BOG Muster was a great opportunity to catch up with friends and swap stories and experiences. This year the theme was "Masquerade" and the colour "Maroon". The showgrounds and racecourse turned from a dustbowl to a quagmire overnight following rain. The race meeting planned for the day after the muster ended was cancelled. We just had to cope with VERY muddy feet.
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