Time to Roam Magazine Issue 3 - June/July 2013 | Page 45

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MARINE & LEISURE (EST. 1962)
cough, Troy Cassar-Daley kept singing the same track on
the disk as it had jammed, and I held my breath waiting to
stall and be washed away, but the Mazda was not beaten
yet. The broad siding continued, Troy kept singing, and
my friend had still not made a sound in the back.
Finally after 40 kilometres of continuous mud and water
we pulled over at Whitulania Creek, took a deep breath, as we
knew we were now out of it. Time for a strong coffee
The little joey was still sleeping, the bleeding had stopped
and after about nine hours we finally arrived at Bedourie. We
called at the Council Office to see if we could find a carer for
the orphan and to my delight the librarian was the unofficial
wild life carer for that vast area. I was relieved to know he
would now be in good hands.
We finally made camp in the dark and observed five road
trains fully laden with cattle lined up at the road house ready
to head off to Windorah, back along the road that we had just
travelled. How lucky can you be? Fortunately there is now
a high level road diversion to the south of Monkina station
replacing the former low lying road.
In 2012 we travelled the new road through that magnificent
country again where there were so many Big Reds. I smiled
and wondered whether one was my little guy.

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