Roma to Amby

Roma to Amby = 66km
Cummulative total = 2634km

We are on our way towards Longreach and will follow the Warrego highway for a few days. We could do 3 x 80-90km days or 4 x 60-70km days - we have opted for the 4 x 60-70km days as that means we could do 3 nights free camping! we are beginning to get to know the ins and outs of these tiny little towns along the way - so although we have free camping we can still incorporate a shower in there! like our free one in Surat, some places (ie. pubs) will offer free camping with shower and toilets (we are in one tonight) or some towns have public toilets with a shower like at Muckadilla or a town will have a recreation ground with shower and toilet and you leave a donation!
This morning we woke to a SUNNY morning! yes it was actually sunny instead of immensely cloudy! so we were able to recharge the solar light as it cut out on us last night so we should get a few hours of reading in tonight!
The Warrego highway is really good - it wasn't as busy as what we were led to believe, ie. heaps of road trains and general trafftic but in fact it was quite the opposite - there was hardly any traffic while we were on it but watching it now from the pub/campground it seems to be alot more busy now at 4.30pm! The highway surface is really good and we have a small shoulder to seek refuge in when the traffic gets a bit hairy.
While at Roma the campground was really full and every man and his dog wanted to hear our story ... it is getting to the point where we love to go bushcamping not just because it is free but so we can have a bit of peace and quiet! Anyway everyone warns us about the road trains (thinking that we don't know what it is like!) and they all ask us how the road trains are with us - they are very surprised when we both say that we don't have problems with roadtrains they are really good to us and give us plenty of room or toot when there is not enough room for them (the toot means to get off the road!). Then we have to listen to their stories of how the road trains sit on their tails and intimidate them ... which I can feel for them and I suppose it is alot easier for the road trains to over take Neil and I compared to a car and caravan. Anyhow my point is that I have always felt that a great deal of caravans do not give us enough room when they over take - they have a tendancy to forget that their caravan is wider than their car or they just can't be bothered! and it dawned on me today as a few caravaners came quite close to us for no reason at all as they could have gone on the other side of the road but they choose not too ... (I am getting to the point!) my point is that caravaners don't like how road trains treat them and tail gate them ... yet they (caravaners) treat us like the road trains treat them!!! and what is worse is they cannot see it!
Anyhow take a look at the big sky picture below of the road we are on!

It is rolling territory to Muckadilla which is where we had our lunch 43km west of Roma.

It is a town of around 90 people and has a pub where you can camp free and also a rest area with a shower and toilets but that was too early for us so we decided to continue on to Amby which is another 23km further and that is a town of only 30. We are at the pub which offers free camping and $5 for power - we wanted power for the computer but the lady said don't worry as the computer doesn't use much - so how nice is that! Before we got across to the campground a council worker pulled up and started to chat and wanted to take a photo of us and one of kouta in his trailer! He lives in Mitchell which we will pass through tomorrow - not sure if we will stop for a dip in the artesian springs there - would like to but not sure if I could continue on cycling after - it may make be just a bit too relaxed!