Winton

After crossing the border we drove through to Mt Isa where we bought a few things and on the way out we were stopped for another breathe test, 2 with in 24 hrs after all our travels.
We were now on the Landsborough Highway and stayed the night at a roadhouse camp at Kyuna. The place was alive with flies and bugs and we had to wear a net to even venture outside.At least we had power for the air-con but the toilets and showers were a no go area as they were full of all sorts and sizes of creepy crawly flying things!!!!!
We were pleased to leave and our next stop was Winton which is a town of about 1000 people and is known for being the birthplace of Waltzing Matilda. It was also one of the founding towns of Qantas. The first board meeting was held at the Winton Club in 1921.
The song Waltzing Matilda was written by Banjo Paterson and first performed in the North Gregory Hotel in Winton in 1895. There is now a whole centre you can visit about the song.

The Waltzing Matilda Hotel in Winton

We also visited a nearby park which has a wall with many thing cemented into it, including sewing machine, engines, vintage typewriters and even a kitchen sink. its over 70mts long and is called Arnos Wall after the man who built it.

Arnos Wall

What I loved most was the Musical Fence. It was set up so that anyone can play the many instruments outside and the fence is tuned and the music to Waltzing Matilda is supplied.It was so awesome, they also supplied the batons needed to play the drum set and the fence. It was such a cool community area.