After packing up, Prue went and did some grocery shopping at Coles in Emerald while I refuelled the Bravo. The fuel is so much cheaper around this area than we have experienced during the bulk of our trip. I guess this is brought about by not only location but also world oil price variation.
Once the shopping and refuelling was done we drove out to the Fairburn Dam to view Lake Maraboon. We went out on the road that I had ridden on the previous day. On arrival near the dam wall, we viewed the structure from a lookout that gives a great view of the dam infrastructure. Then we drove across the wall and stopped in several locations to take some photos.
Leaving the dam, we took a road that joined the Emerald/Springsure road. Our next stopping destination was Springsure.
At Springsure, we visited a distant relative of mine and his wife, John and Mary Ranclaud. 
John and I grew up in the Nevertire/Warren district and have seen each other infrequently since we left school. One of the most recent meetings was at the Croft family reunion at Salisbury Court near Uralla. It was nice to spend time with them at their very busy business, Springsure Rural Traders. They have owned it for about 30 years. We had a lovely morning tea with them and caught up on both our families and what they are all doing.
Soon we had to move on as time seems to get away too quickly. The next stop we had was at Rolleston. Our lunch was a burger each and I had a nice thick shake. All this was at a little cafe which I just happened to park in front of.
After lunch, we set off for our next destination of Injune and on the way we passed by the entrance to the magnificent Carnarvon Gorge. Previously, we had visited the Gorge. We arrived at the small town and found the caravan park there to be full for powered sites and they wanted to charge the same price for an unpowered site. So we had a bit of a think and decided we would find a free camp site on the way towards Roma.
We drove a little way and turned up a road going a short way but could see nothing suitable. We returned to the highway and proceeded a bit further another cross road and turned left past a small building. Then we travelled another few hundred metres and noticed a track into a disused gravel pit. This was ideal for a camp spot.
I turned around to face out towards the main road. The setup only took a short time.
So our night camp spot was organised. A little later, we had a BBQ dinner. After dinner, we sat and watched the stars as the sun dropped below the western horizon. 
As darkness increased so did the stars. While we sat and soaked up the atmosphere we were amazed to see 10 satellites pass overhead in numerous directions. That was by far the best number of satellites we had seen. We went to bed quite early as we did not run the generator in this lovely quiet location, surrounded by wildlife such as wallabies and various birds.
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