The next couple of days is all about geocaching and trying to get close to my next milestone of 19000 finds. To do that around here, the only place nearby with a lot of caches is Muttaburra.

 

But where the bloody hell is Muttaburra. Well it is around 100 kilometres north of Longreach in Central Queensland.

In fact the geographical centre of Queensland is just out of Muttaburra.

 

The town has a population of around 76 and its claim to fame is Muttaburrasaurus Langdoni which is a dinosaur of which fossils have been found nearby.

 

We took the Morella Muttaburra Road from the main highway which was a 80 kilometre black earth track with concrete floodways interspersed along it. 

 

The road was very smooth but also very soft if you moved off the main wheel tracks. I am sure this would not be passable with any sort of water on it.

 

The road then turned into a gravel road and then bitumen for the last 10 kilometres.

 

The local council has set up a caravan park with very reasonable rates of $15 a night for a powered site but after 2 nights it is free. I guess they are trying to get people to stay here.

 

Once the van was set up, we headed out to grab geocaches as well as discover what is around the place.

For a small town, there is plenty to see.

 

On nearly every corner is some sort of sculpture, either made from barbed wire or things found in farm sheds. The favourite was the shearer and sheep made from farm bits.

 

A close second was the Cessna aircraft at the entrance to the airport.

 

It was amazing the amount of kangaroos around town. No need for lawnmowers here as you have your own kangaroos to keep the grass well kept.

 

Muttaburra was also one of the 60 camp sites for the 1891 Shearer Strike.