Winton - Friday 15/10/2010

We decided not to stop at Kynuna - it's only a whistle stop anyway. The main reason we wanted to stop was to see the Combo Waterhole - reportedly to be the site that Banjo Patterson used for the writing of 'Waltzing Matilda'. He was staying at Dagworth Station (near Winton) when he wrote the poem. Aussies really are a strange mob - we sing a song with pride about a bloke that steals sheep and one of Australia's greatest criminals of a bygone era, spoken about with reverence is Ned Kelly!!!!!!!!!!!!! and we think the yanks are weird?

Anyway, here in Winton, not only did it blow a gale last night - when the wind stopped - it poured with rain. It is needed in the area though. All the locals are predicting an early and long wet. Tell Brisbaneites that..ha ha ha.

We are off soon, as soon as it stops precipitating for a while, to do downtown.




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we stopped at the WALKABOUT CREEK HOTEL - some of the scenes for Crocodile Dundee movie were shot here. The pub is for sale. $1.2 million.The publican is possibly the most un-interesting person we have ever met....has the personality of a pile of dog doo doo.It was the middle of the day and we were the only customers. Val asked if he served meals-nope. Do you have bottles of bubbly - nope. We had 1 beer, 1 Vodka Cruiser = $14.



This is about the extent of his decorations. Nothing signed by stars of the movie, a couple of very bad photos and that's it.

Walkabout Creek Hotel

Different stuff at Walkabout Creek Hotel

Just the sort of sign all workplaces should have!

Very poignant................

And hang this sign up as well..........

Something for free...................

Just had to take a photo of this sign.

And then we moved on to Kynuna, famous for not only the Combo Waterhole but also the.....

Blue Heeler Hotel. The walls are absolutely covered with 'graffiti'.

And Val celebrated her birthday with a pub lunch.

Old photo - this pub has so much more going for it than the Walkabout. The staff was especially friendly as well.

Just have a look at all the signings.........

And they have old hats (donations) everywhere.

This is on the ceiling - the loos are also 'graffitised'

Lots of people have also donated T shirts.All signed of course.

Note the 'life-savers' old watch tower - and the watch cat. The pub raises money for the Life Savers Assn.

Bit of history.

OOOPS....have to turn your head on the side...graffiti corner.

Amusing.................

Hmmmmmmmm.

Blue Heeler to be. Only about 8 weeks old - someone dumped it at the pub and it(she) adopted the cook - good choice.

Hand made stools and table

Most of western qld looks like this....

Our site at Winton and.......

the next morning.

And last and definitely not least..............

wouldn't that take a lot of filling..............