Camped on the Dawson River near Moura

From Emerald we started heading south on the Dawson Highway. We took a small detour to Fairbairn Dam on Lake Maraboon.
A big and beautiful lake.
The dam was officially opened in 1972 and named after David Fairbairn, Federal Minister for National Development.
Maraboon is Aboriginal for 'where black ducks fly'.

There was not a lot of road kill on the sides of the road, as there was in the outback, but the road is very bad. Talking of road kill ... we came across a road kill - kangaroo - that had a HUGE hawk feeding on it. The hawk left the road as we passed and circled back to the road kill almost flying into our van. The hawk had a wingspan the width of our car, it was that close!!!
We drove through many towns that had lovely iron signs like this one in Springsure.

We pulled into a campsite on the Dawson River about 7kms west of Moura. It is well maintained, thanks to donations left by campers. A lot of vans were already there at 3.30pm when we arrived. We found level ground right next to some fruit trees, so we had fresh lemon for our schnitzel dinner and I had fresh lime for my mojito. The lime was lovely and sweet.
This is a great spot for a day or two, with toilets, showers, free bbq's and lots of shady spots.

These boulders were all around the area, and are a result of the mining here.

A great spot to stay, and such lovely fruit.