Richmond to Mount Isa 406km

Another beautiful clear morning, it is far better to get away in the cool morning air. Currently 7 am is the time to get rolling, as a rider you are more refreshed and the bike seems to run more efficiently. Any earlier and you run the risk of coming across nocturnal animals retuning to their respective homes as well as having the sun in your eyes, if you were traveling east.

We are still in QLD, so the speed limit is generally 100kph, with a few stretches of 110kph becoming more prevalent.

Car eating cattle were on this road, so a great deal of caution was exercised, what on earth would they have done to motorcycles?

This was the start of some very straight flat plains, railway crossings occasionally brought some excitement.

The landscape changed quite dramatically, there was almost a wall rocky outcrops that came up, just near the Burke and Wills memorial. It was no wonder they (Burke and Wills) were stopped at this point, it would have been very difficult to walk through this and certainly impossible for horses.

Eventually we broke through the rocky hills to reveal Mt Isa