{"id":25748,"date":"2021-05-30T07:21:40","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T21:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=25748"},"modified":"2021-06-25T08:12:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T22:12:28","slug":"wyandra-australia-%f0%9f%87%a6%f0%9f%87%ba-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelandpamstravels.com\/?p=25748","title":{"rendered":"Wyandra, Queensland \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddfa 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Date: 28th May 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 97 kms from Charleville to Wyandra  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Wyandra, Outback Queensland.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Wyandra Caravan Park, $20, all services.\u00a0S27.24613, E145.98029<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 48 days @ $141 per day.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We escape Charleville with a full tank of diesel about 1.30pm, continuing south on the Matilda Way less affectionately known as the Mitchell Highway at this point. The road is surface is poor, possibly the worst for the trip so far. I basically work out that 90 kph is the maximum we can comfortably drive and not damage something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking in our data-base of overnight stops, Wyandra about 100 kms further south looks interesting and much cheaper than another night in Charleville. So we have set the GPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seeing a brown tourist sign we slow down to investigate. We had never heard of the Angellana Creek Bridge Disaster.<\/a> As an old firefighter the risks associated with ammonia nitrate are well known, but I was unaware of this explosion. Looking at the date we realised we were overseas at the time. Given the damage to the bridges and vehicles it was amazing that no one was killed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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