Day 6: Follow the Matilda Highway back via Longreach to Ilfracombe, once a transport hub for Wellshot Station, the largest sheep station in the world at the time. Arrive early and catch the 11.30am performance of ‘The Sheep’s Back’. Sit back and be entertained with stories of the life of a shearer and his wife, followed by smoko with the actors. Walk the Great Machinery Mile, a graphic timeline of the evolution of the pastoral and transport industries then cool off with a swim in the Artesian Spa. Join a ‘smoko’ tour of the heritage listed Langenbaker House, over 100 years old and still in its original condition. Tonight, sidle up to the Woolpress Bar at the family friendly Wellshot Hotel for a cool drink and a counter meal.