Well the weather report nearly had it right but instead of rain we got a dust storm that lasted a couple of days. We don't normally stay in caravan parks unless we really have to and our preference is for the outback ones as they have a lot of character...most times...however this was a good place to sit out the dust storm....we did our laundry and dumped our loo....they have dump shutes at every site in this park...amazing...great idea. We also topped up our water tanks here, but a quick taste test of the water saw it was clear enough, but wow a strong sulphur smell...yukkk. So I  got out our magic water filtration system and ran the tap water through it...just like we did at Mitchell, and the result was a great success....clear water and no odour at all. The dust storm didn't impact on us too much as we just closed everything up and ran the Air Conditioner...it was hot enough to do that with comfort.

Weather back to normal, we decided to Head South again and take the red road to the border town of Hungerford. This is the gateway to Currawinya Nat Park...you know where the 2 huge lakes are side by side ....one is fresh water and the other is salt water and they both have 2 contrasting eco systems. Only this time after 7 years of drought the lakes were dry. Currawinya is also home to the Bilby Project where they have built a 25 Square Kilometre fenced enclosure and shot, trapped and blown up every feral creature within.....then they released Bilbys bred in Charleville in the hope that the little guys will have a normal life and breeding cycle without the decimation of predation from dingoes, foxes and feral cats.

Currawinya was a grazing property prior to being declared a  Nat Park and as such still has some of the reminders of the past. Not to mention the huge amount of waterholes on the Paroo river that runs along side the park making for some of the best camping and fishing spots for miles around.

We drove to the Northern end of the park and looked at lots of waterholes till we found "Pump Hole" Wow.... this was a great spot and there were many large areas near the water suitable for camping.
This large waterhole was part of a small maze of channels that flood and fill and there was a channel nearby our camp where the kangaroos all splashed into and swam across to get to the fresh green shoots on the little island in the middle.

So much wildlife here and the usual kangaroos and emus and yep more Major Mitchells and Sulphur Crested Cockatoos and then there was a Plains Turkey (Australian Bustard)...goofy looking things related to the Curlew..... the Ring Necked Parrots like the berries in the trees here so they keep you company all day long and they are so pretty in flight with a blaze of red and green. The sunsets were spectacular and the afternoon light would make the water surface like a mirror

At the entrance track to the waterhole there is a big old steam powered pump and the remains of a 10 inch suction line from the waterhole....must have been a sight when running....it was made in England by Hornsby....as a kid I had a wind up clockwork Train Set made by...yep you guessed it...Hornsby.

This is a real be back spot and we'll try our hand at the fishing next time too....a couple of camp oven roasts under the stars as well...that should do it....Well we have a date with a couple of moteliers who want to have a holiday too so we had better pack up and start heading East again. Even so, we'll still look for some waterholes to camp by on the way....Off to Cunnamulla tomorrow and maybe a camp at Bollon.....if they have a waterhole that is.....