“I’m binned,” said Mac Attack Eggins. The spray of fluorescent-green coolant across the engine of his trusty KLR was a graphic illustration of his predicament. That left about 2700km of stinking-hot, kangaroo-infested western Queensland and northern NSW to negotiate alone. Goody.
Way out west, and with plenty to see and do.
Longreach in western Queensland is about 700km in from the Queensland coast. It’s roughly west of Rockhampton, and while it’s not technically on the edge of the civilised world, it’s a long, long way from the nearest toll road or $50-an-hour parking station. There’s not even a Starbucks.