Lewis's Travel on the Gravel: Charlotte Plains

Charlotte Plains 13/6/21 to 16/6/21

Crossed the border and headed to our Station stay at Charlotte Plains. Our first bit of off roading. The drive in was no drama however the week before the Rd was closed due to wet conditions. This part of the world is called 'Channel Country' due to how the water is irrigated up from the artesian basin via bores and into channels for stock. When it rains out here it turns to slop very quickly.

Met Station owner Robyn and headed to bore camp. Easy going camping our instructions were camp anywhere and enjoy. There are 22 bath tubs around the campsite that are fed water from the bore which comes to the surface at 42 degrees C! Fires are a must and there is plenty of fire wood that can be collected on the Station. We booked 2 nights and quickly decided to stay 3! We did a Station tour with Robyn and she filled us in on the history and some of the bush characters that have lived and worked on Charlotte Plains. There was a new calve (whos name was Reggie) at the homestead that had lost his Mum and we got to give him his bottle. Some other campers found a new born lamb and named him Oreo (so cute)

Kids spent heaps of time in the water. There were canoes to paddle on and fish in the channel.

My favourite night (this is one for the Mums) was filling up the baths under the milky way and all of us hopping in together. Lying with your babes under an outback sky in a hot artesian bath watching for shooting stars doesn't get any better💜💜💜