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Camden Park Station - Fit for a Queen and memorable for its generous rural hospitality.
Camden Park Station的点评
点评：A one week bus tour with Outback Aussie Tours in October 2022, incorporating three nights in Longreach and 2 nights in Winton was an ideal “local” replacement for our overseas travel, curtailed due to the Covid pandemic. We travelled by air to Emerald from Brisbane, then travelling on the Spirit of the Outback train to Longreach and returned to Brisbane from Longreach on the Spirit of the Outback.
We saw all the well-known tourist icons on the Longreach leg of our journey such as the Stockman’s Hall of Fame, the Qantas Founders Museum and the Thomson River Sunset Cruise. However, we also experienced a few not so well known attractions, which included our visit to Camden Park Station on our final evening, which turned out to be a very memorable experience.
The Station is to the east of Longreach, around a 15 kilometre drive by coach. It was the home of Sir James Walker, knighted for his outstanding service, particularly in local government to the Longreach community in 1972 and a founding member of the Stockman’s Hall of Fame. The station continues to be owned by the Walker family and prominent personnel on our tour were “Outback” Dan, Sir Frank’s grandson; Lyn, his Mum; and Brooke, his wife.
On arrival at the Station we were met by Outback Dan, who conducted a “coach windscreen tour” of the property providing insight into the station’s award-winning diversification into solar, tourism and improved farming production. At the end of this tour we did get a glimpse of the historic homestead; unfortunately we stayed on the coach and were unable to view the home inside. After this tour we were met by Lyn and Brooke outside the one hundred (100) year old shearing shed. What followed was an interesting talk from Lyn on the changing face of sheep shearing methods and a brief tour of the shearing shed.
Shearing Shed lecture over, we all assembled outside and sat on chairs watching the sunset over the property, sipping a nice glass of wine and enjoying a few savoury nibbles in front of a roaring campfire. A long wooden table with white linen table cloth was transformed into a makeshift “Bar “ for the sunset session. Our first drink was complimentary, then any subsequent drinks cost us a modest $5 each. This was a lovely wind down to our earlier, busy day’s touring. During this time there were opportunities for good silhouette photos throughout the sunset. It was a bit cloudy on the night we were here and so the sunset, while still acceptable, was certainly not spectacular.
After the sunset session, it was time to assemble back into the old Shearing Shed which had been transformed into a very purposeful dining room, where Dan, Lyn and Brooke served a great home style meal of steak and vegetables for mains and sticky date pudding and ice cream for dessert. Having a meal as a group, seated at long tables in a shearing shed was a novel experience. It provided a pleasing, rural atmosphere. Once again drinks were available at $5 a glass. However a word of warning - it was “cash only”.
During the meal Lyn and Dan told us countless stories about their outback experiences and proudly showed off their prize family photos for the entire group, including their highlight photo of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II patting a bull when she and Prince Phillip visited the Station’s homestead in 1970 with Sir Frank as their gracious host. We were all captivated by the sincerity in which Dan and Lyn conveyed their stories and we were impressed with the generous hospitality they afforded all of us. Our Dinner experience went for almost two hours and was most memorable.
Both Dan and Lyn come across as genuine, good-natured and outgoing; qualities one has come to expect and admire about honest, down to earth rural folks. And wife Brooke was quietly in the background making sure the dinner experience went according to plan – a true quiet achiever. This station experience is very much tailored with the non farming tourist in mind and is a must for any “city slicker” wanting to get a bit of a feel for rural life.
Thank you Dan, Lyn and Brooke for a most enjoyable and memorable visit to Camden Park Station. We can appreciate why a reigning Queen agreed to visit this gem in the Longreach region as part of her 1970 Queensland tour itinerary. We are sure Her Majesty returned to England with many fond memories of her visit to Camden Park. Indeed, my wife and I have fond memories of our visit.
We saw all the well-known tourist icons on the Longreach leg of our journey such as the Stockman’s Hall of Fame, the Qantas Founders Museum and the Thomson River Sunset Cruise. However, we also experienced a few not so well known attractions, which included our visit to Camden Park Station on our final evening, which turned out to be a very memorable experience.
The Station is to the east of Longreach, around a 15 kilometre drive by coach. It was the home of Sir James Walker, knighted for his outstanding service, particularly in local government to the Longreach community in 1972 and a founding member of the Stockman’s Hall of Fame. The station continues to be owned by the Walker family and prominent personnel on our tour were “Outback” Dan, Sir Frank’s grandson; Lyn, his Mum; and Brooke, his wife.
On arrival at the Station we were met by Outback Dan, who conducted a “coach windscreen tour” of the property providing insight into the station’s award-winning diversification into solar, tourism and improved farming production. At the end of this tour we did get a glimpse of the historic homestead; unfortunately we stayed on the coach and were unable to view the home inside. After this tour we were met by Lyn and Brooke outside the one hundred (100) year old shearing shed. What followed was an interesting talk from Lyn on the changing face of sheep shearing methods and a brief tour of the shearing shed.
Shearing Shed lecture over, we all assembled outside and sat on chairs watching the sunset over the property, sipping a nice glass of wine and enjoying a few savoury nibbles in front of a roaring campfire. A long wooden table with white linen table cloth was transformed into a makeshift “Bar “ for the sunset session. Our first drink was complimentary, then any subsequent drinks cost us a modest $5 each. This was a lovely wind down to our earlier, busy day’s touring. During this time there were opportunities for good silhouette photos throughout the sunset. It was a bit cloudy on the night we were here and so the sunset, while still acceptable, was certainly not spectacular.
After the sunset session, it was time to assemble back into the old Shearing Shed which had been transformed into a very purposeful dining room, where Dan, Lyn and Brooke served a great home style meal of steak and vegetables for mains and sticky date pudding and ice cream for dessert. Having a meal as a group, seated at long tables in a shearing shed was a novel experience. It provided a pleasing, rural atmosphere. Once again drinks were available at $5 a glass. However a word of warning - it was “cash only”.
During the meal Lyn and Dan told us countless stories about their outback experiences and proudly showed off their prize family photos for the entire group, including their highlight photo of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II patting a bull when she and Prince Phillip visited the Station’s homestead in 1970 with Sir Frank as their gracious host. We were all captivated by the sincerity in which Dan and Lyn conveyed their stories and we were impressed with the generous hospitality they afforded all of us. Our Dinner experience went for almost two hours and was most memorable.
Both Dan and Lyn come across as genuine, good-natured and outgoing; qualities one has come to expect and admire about honest, down to earth rural folks. And wife Brooke was quietly in the background making sure the dinner experience went according to plan – a true quiet achiever. This station experience is very much tailored with the non farming tourist in mind and is a must for any “city slicker” wanting to get a bit of a feel for rural life.
Thank you Dan, Lyn and Brooke for a most enjoyable and memorable visit to Camden Park Station. We can appreciate why a reigning Queen agreed to visit this gem in the Longreach region as part of her 1970 Queensland tour itinerary. We are sure Her Majesty returned to England with many fond memories of her visit to Camden Park. Indeed, my wife and I have fond memories of our visit.
翻译：2022 年 10 月与 Outback Aussie Tours 一起进行的为期一周的巴士之旅，包括在朗里奇的三晚和在温顿的两晚，是我们海外旅行的理想“本地”替代品，但由于 Covid 大流行而被缩减。我们乘飞机从布里斯班前往翡翠，然后乘坐内陆精神号列车前往朗里奇，然后乘坐内陆精神号列车从朗里奇返回布里斯班。
我们在旅程的朗里奇段看到了所有著名的旅游标志，例如斯托克曼名人堂、澳洲航空创始人博物馆和汤姆森河日落游轮。然而，我们也经历了一些不太知名的景点，其中包括我们在最后一晚参观了卡姆登公园站，结果证明这是一次非常难忘的经历。
车站位于朗里奇以东，乘坐长途汽车约 15 公里。它是詹姆斯·沃克爵士的故乡，他因其出色的服务而被封为爵士，特别是在 1972 年在朗里奇社区的地方政府中，并且是斯托克曼名人堂的创始成员。该站继续由沃克家族所有，我们巡回演出的重要人员是弗兰克爵士的孙子“内陆”丹；林恩，他的妈妈；和他的妻子布鲁克。
抵达车站后，我们与 Outback Dan 会面，他对该物业进行了“大巴挡风玻璃之旅”，让我们深入了解该车站屡获殊荣的太阳能、旅游和改良农业生产多元化。在这次旅行结束时，我们确实瞥见了这座历史悠久的宅基地。不幸的是，我们留在了长途汽车上，无法看到里面的房子。这次旅行结束后，Lyn 和 Brooke 在一百 (100) 年历史的剪羊毛棚外与我们会面。接下来是 Lyn 关于剪羊毛方法的变化的有趣演讲，并简要参观了剪毛棚。
Shearing Shed 讲座结束后，我们都聚集在外面，坐在椅子上看着酒店的日落，喝着一杯美酒，在熊熊的篝火前享用几口美味的小吃。一张铺着白色亚麻桌布的长木桌被改造成一个临时的“酒吧”，供日落时使用。我们的第一杯饮料是免费的，随后的任何饮料每杯只需 5 美元。这对我们早些时候忙碌的一天的旅行来说是一个可爱的风。在这段时间里，有机会在整个日落时拍到漂亮的剪影照片。我们在这里的那天晚上有点多云，所以日落虽然仍然可以接受，但肯定不是很壮观。
日落之后，是时候回到旧的 Shearing Shed 了，它已经变成了一个非常有目的的餐厅，Dan、Lyn 和 Brooke 在那里提供了一顿美味的家常菜，主菜是牛排和蔬菜，还有粘枣布丁和甜点冰淇淋。一群人坐在剪羊毛棚里的长桌旁用餐是一种新奇的体验。它提供了一种令人愉悦的乡村氛围。饮料再次以每杯 5 美元的价格出售。但是请注意 - 这是“仅限现金”。
在用餐期间，Lyn 和 Dan 向我们讲述了无数关于他们内陆经历的故事，并自豪地为整个团队展示了他们获奖的全家福照片，包括他们的精彩照片，即伊丽莎白二世女王陛下和菲利普亲王在1970 年，弗兰克爵士作为他们亲切的主人。我们都被 Dan 和 Lyn 讲述他们故事的真诚所吸引，他们对我们所有人的慷慨款待给我们留下了深刻的印象。我们的晚餐经历持续了将近两个小时，最令人难忘。
丹和林给人的印象都是真诚、善良和外向；人们开始期待和钦佩诚实、脚踏实地的农村人的品质。妻子布鲁克在后台安静地确保晚餐体验按计划进行——一个真正安静的成功者。这个车站的体验非常适合非农业游客，对于任何想要感受一下乡村生活的“城市人”来说都是必须的。
感谢 Dan、Lyn 和 Brooke 让我们在卡姆登公园站度过了愉快而难忘的时光。我们可以理解为什么一位在位的女王同意在她 1970 年的昆士兰旅游行程中参观朗里奇地区的这颗宝石。我们确信，女王陛下带着对卡姆登公园之行的许多美好回忆回到了英国。事实上，我和我的妻子对我们的访问有着美好的回忆。
我们在旅程的朗里奇段看到了所有著名的旅游标志，例如斯托克曼名人堂、澳洲航空创始人博物馆和汤姆森河日落游轮。然而，我们也经历了一些不太知名的景点，其中包括我们在最后一晚参观了卡姆登公园站，结果证明这是一次非常难忘的经历。
车站位于朗里奇以东，乘坐长途汽车约 15 公里。它是詹姆斯·沃克爵士的故乡，他因其出色的服务而被封为爵士，特别是在 1972 年在朗里奇社区的地方政府中，并且是斯托克曼名人堂的创始成员。该站继续由沃克家族所有，我们巡回演出的重要人员是弗兰克爵士的孙子“内陆”丹；林恩，他的妈妈；和他的妻子布鲁克。
抵达车站后，我们与 Outback Dan 会面，他对该物业进行了“大巴挡风玻璃之旅”，让我们深入了解该车站屡获殊荣的太阳能、旅游和改良农业生产多元化。在这次旅行结束时，我们确实瞥见了这座历史悠久的宅基地。不幸的是，我们留在了长途汽车上，无法看到里面的房子。这次旅行结束后，Lyn 和 Brooke 在一百 (100) 年历史的剪羊毛棚外与我们会面。接下来是 Lyn 关于剪羊毛方法的变化的有趣演讲，并简要参观了剪毛棚。
Shearing Shed 讲座结束后，我们都聚集在外面，坐在椅子上看着酒店的日落，喝着一杯美酒，在熊熊的篝火前享用几口美味的小吃。一张铺着白色亚麻桌布的长木桌被改造成一个临时的“酒吧”，供日落时使用。我们的第一杯饮料是免费的，随后的任何饮料每杯只需 5 美元。这对我们早些时候忙碌的一天的旅行来说是一个可爱的风。在这段时间里，有机会在整个日落时拍到漂亮的剪影照片。我们在这里的那天晚上有点多云，所以日落虽然仍然可以接受，但肯定不是很壮观。
日落之后，是时候回到旧的 Shearing Shed 了，它已经变成了一个非常有目的的餐厅，Dan、Lyn 和 Brooke 在那里提供了一顿美味的家常菜，主菜是牛排和蔬菜，还有粘枣布丁和甜点冰淇淋。一群人坐在剪羊毛棚里的长桌旁用餐是一种新奇的体验。它提供了一种令人愉悦的乡村氛围。饮料再次以每杯 5 美元的价格出售。但是请注意 - 这是“仅限现金”。
在用餐期间，Lyn 和 Dan 向我们讲述了无数关于他们内陆经历的故事，并自豪地为整个团队展示了他们获奖的全家福照片，包括他们的精彩照片，即伊丽莎白二世女王陛下和菲利普亲王在1970 年，弗兰克爵士作为他们亲切的主人。我们都被 Dan 和 Lyn 讲述他们故事的真诚所吸引，他们对我们所有人的慷慨款待给我们留下了深刻的印象。我们的晚餐经历持续了将近两个小时，最令人难忘。
丹和林给人的印象都是真诚、善良和外向；人们开始期待和钦佩诚实、脚踏实地的农村人的品质。妻子布鲁克在后台安静地确保晚餐体验按计划进行——一个真正安静的成功者。这个车站的体验非常适合非农业游客，对于任何想要感受一下乡村生活的“城市人”来说都是必须的。
感谢 Dan、Lyn 和 Brooke 让我们在卡姆登公园站度过了愉快而难忘的时光。我们可以理解为什么一位在位的女王同意在她 1970 年的昆士兰旅游行程中参观朗里奇地区的这颗宝石。我们确信，女王陛下带着对卡姆登公园之行的许多美好回忆回到了英国。事实上，我和我的妻子对我们的访问有着美好的回忆。
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