Once our friends left us we spent the next couple of days in Longreach camping by the river for $3 a night. We saw all the main tourist sites from the Stockman’s Hall of fame, to where the first Qantas plane was built and we spent a day travelling to the nearby town of Barcaldine…

We arrived in the Ghost town of Betoota, with a population of zero. The population used to be 1, he was the Publican who is now buried behind the ruins of the pub. The only other thing left in Betoota is the race coarse which comes alive once a year for the Betoota races. Caravans…