Day 8 Hughenden to Clermont

Last night there were a few very long trains come into Hughenden. They train drivers were moving them around and they made a lot of noise! So not much sleep, and it was only 4C overnight.
We were up early and packed up. We then left for Clermont.
We stopped at Charters Towers for a toilet stop, this town is very old and like Castlemaine and kept going to Clermont.
The landscape started to change from open areas to bush as we got closer to Charters Towers.
On the way we passed some of the trucks with the V8 Supercars in them heading to Townsville for the racing this weekend.

As we got closer to Clermont we could see some of the big coal mines in the distance.

This is Clermont Coal Mine.

We also passed alot of oversize trucks carrying machines and equipment to the mines.

Clermont was a lovely little town also celebrating it's 150th Birthday this year.

We stayed the night, it was very cold again.