Charleville to Barringun Bush Tucker Inn

Woke to a frost and took our time to pack up by having a bacon and egg breakfast. Our destination for the day was the border of NSW.

We stopped in Cunnamulla for lunch at the local takeaway shop which seemed to be being run by French backpackers. We got fish and chips not ver tasty at all. An old guy at the takeaway showed me a magic trick with a ring and a piece of string. I think it was just his way of striking up a conversation. We stopped at the butchers and got some more meat. Some chicken and a couple of porterhouse steaks! We have to have steaks on the grill at least one more time before we get home.

Then we kept on to Barringun just over the NSW border. Barringun doesn't have much of a town any more but it used to be the customs point border control on the QLD NSW border with a police station in each state. There is no sign of the police stations anymore. Just the old roadhouse The Bush Tucker Inn where we paid $10 (un powered) to camp for the night. And the Tattersals Hotel run by licencee Mary who must be in her 80's.

We arrived on the border around 3:30pm so we set up camp then went across the road for a drink at the hotel. Sam met Chook the cockatoo and we chatted with Mary and some of her family that had come from Wagga to spend some time with her.

We then went back to the campsite where Sam met the horses and fed them a carrot each. I made butter chicken on rice for dinner and we all had nice hot showers before bed. The water had a sulphuric bore water type smell but it was hot and clean. It was nice to have a long hot shower not having to set up the shower tent and boil hot water. The only thing missing though was the campfire.

So without a campfire to daze into we decided to go to bed early and watch another Tarantino movie - Natural Born Killers. We only got about halfway through before the battery went flat on the computer so we just snuggled in and went to sleep.

Then the nightmare began. Bl&@dy dogs! The owner of the roadhouse has numerous dogs that look like part wild dingo and they were chained up around the house near the roadhouse. They started barking and barking and wouldn't shut up! One would start then the others would all join in - then even the horses joined in and whatever other animals the owners had hanging around! Arrrrgggghhhhhh

For this reason I would not recommend staying at the Bush Tucker Inn - keep driving to Enngonia!