Our next planned destination was Charters Towers about 250 kms east. Not long after we left Hughenden showgrounds we came to a railway level crossing and found ourselves, along with a steadily increasing queue of others, waiting for a very long cargo train to cross through.

Once we were on the move again the traffic spaced out as we made our way east. We passed through a couple of small towns, Prairie and Torrens Creek before coming to a roadside stop, after about an hour and a half, on the edge of White Mountains National Park. It was a good time to swap drivers, have a drink and look closely at some spectacular wildflowers which took our attention. This Acacia was in total bloom.Really liked these two Grevilleas, which I hope I have correctly identified.

I haven’t been able to identify this one though. Not sure what this one is but the fruits are like mini apples. After a short wander we sat and had our drink and something to eat. Just as we were about to resume our journey to the east a huge quadruple length road-train pulled up. We were pleased it was going the opposite way as it would have been difficult to overtake whilst towing a caravan.Next up I’ll be posting about Charters Towers but we have put Hughenden, Porcupine Gorge and White Mountains National Park on our list of places to return to another trip.