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Time to leave Longreach; Fraser Island here we come

Tuesday 31 March 2009
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Today we will end up on Fraser Island. But since their’s no usable airport on the island itself, we will fly to Hervey Bay and then go on by boat. This trip will be the longest flight of the whole air safari, so we start early. Weather looks good and we have already fueled the planes when we landed at Longreach. So time to say goodbye to Longreach. And take a last nice snapshot on the ground; look at the tip of the propeller of that plane.

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Doing the tourist thing in Longreach

Monday 30 March 2009
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Although Longreach is not the biggest town in this country, it has some interesting things to offer. Today we will explore most of them. We started the day with a visit to a station (or farm). We got picked up at the hotel by Trevor in a more or less oversized “bus” aka “truck”. From there on we drove to the station where we picked up Marie. Marie and Devan Pearce run Strathmore station and she was going to tell us all about this place.

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Boulia to Longreach: second track of the day

Sunday 29 March 2009
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We are on our way to Longreach after we stopped at Lark Quarry to watch Dinosaur tracks.

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Lark Quarry - Dinosaur Trackways

Sunday 29 March 2009
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So what do you think this Lark Quarry place is all about?

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Boulia to Longreach: landing at Lark Quarry

Sunday 29 March 2009
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Slowly we are leaving the Outback and getting back to the crowded areas. Today we move on to the East, we fly to Longreach with a landing at Lark Quarry. Since there is so much to show and tell, I have split this track up into 3 posts. This is the first one.

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