We arrived in Cunnamulla on Saturday afternoon at 1.35 to find the town streets deserted of locals and about 40 caravans parked near the Visitor Information Centre. The 'Cunnamulla Fella' was crouching serenely in the towns park, the two supermarkets were closed, the smaller shops were closed, the bakery and the newsagent were closing, the pub was deserted and the Visitor's Centre was in the process of throwing out all the tourist so it too could close. The Grey Nomads were all confused until it was realised that it was Saturday and the shops close in (South West anyway) Queensland at 12.30pm sharp on Saturday, with only the supermarkets re-opening on Sunday for 3 hours! We were hoping to replenish a few essentials like bread, milk, lettuce and perhaps a few other things but alas no-one in Cunnamulla saw the benefits the influx 80 people could bring to their economically struggling community. Needless to say, we had our lunch and headed off to Charleville without making a monetary contribution to Cunnamulla.
well that has all been very interesting indeed - especially for people who have slogged through k after k of rain, rain, and mor just returned after having slogged it out from one end of the rain forest to the other. Oh yes, we did have frost on the first night out but after that it was just more and more of the precipitation stuff. Apart from that we had a thoroughly relaxing time. Furthest north Byron Bay but they cancelled the rock concert because they heard we were coming, hence the extreme emptiness of the 30 000 capacity site. Sad to read about the unwelcoming attitude of those folk at Cunamulla, they obviously don't know anything about the fact that money makes the world go round - nor have they realised the delights of modern capitalism and the non-stop economy. Sad really. And all of those dead bodies - we do hope you were able to resist the temptation of Roadside Casserole!
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