Erosion

An eroding jump-up between Boulia and Winton.

Boulia Campout

The night sky view from the Boulia Caravan Park is very dark despite the necessary lighting for the campers. Here you can see part of the Milky Way and the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Waddi Trees

A stand of Waddi Trees just south of Boulia defies the encroaching populous.

Waddi

The Waddi tree sign near Boulia. Tomorrow you'll see the trees themselves.

Moonrise

The Moon rises above a very low and flat plain 100 kilometres south of Boulia. The Moon is extremely orange because of the thick layers of atmosphere the Sun's light has to go through after reflecting from the Moon back to us.

Silhouette

One of my favourite photographic techniques is silhouette. With the sunsets visible on a low horizon it makes them very easy to find. This is from a lookout halfway between Boulia and Bedourie.

By Starlight

Camped beside the road south of Boulia, lit only by starlight, the car is illuminated under the Milky Way galaxy en route to Birdsville.

A lonely plain

The plains are big, flat and empty out here.

Camels

The camels before the race. The Boulia racecourse on google maps is here.

Boulia

Today I went to the Boulia Camel Races (from the link click on camel races to see a pdf). Boulia is a 3 hour drive (300km) south of Mount Isa on a good condition single track bitumen road. A few cattle and wallabies/kangaroos to watch out for of course.
I made it a day trip, but with more time I would advise camping overnight with the many party goers camping near the racecourse. And take plenty of warm clothes and sleeping gear, the nights are cloudless and cold under the desert sky.