Free camped at Brewarrina beside the Barwon River. The journey to here had us seeing lots of emus
beside the road. The gentleman at the
garage told me that the total population here would be about 500 and most
employment would be with the Shire Council and that there was not much work on
stations around this area.
sunrise through my front window
Bourke was a fuel stop.... however….. the only gas outlet only
operated Monday to Friday so petrol it had to be as today was only Saturday. We had spent some time here back in 2010 and
did not feel the need to stay again so planned to travel on instead. Another free camp 100km north of Cobar was
found and we were relaxing by mid-afternoon. Today
it had been wild goats everywhere along the road and hardly any emus. They must know not to cross paths!!
bush camping
Into Cobar next morning and fuelled with gas and food we
headed west towards Wilcannia. We
decided to stop again about 50km east of there so that our trip into Broken
Hill was only around 250km the next day.
monument to miners at Cobar
150 men lost their lives below ground here between 1870 and 2000
There were quite a few campsites along the highway and where we stopped
we had another couple of campers pull in along with a couple of trucks. Fortunately with the room available we were
able to be away from the noise from the refrigerated trucks and we enjoyed the
visitors we had (birds and goats).
wild goats visiting the campsite
game enough to come right inside the van
sunset through the trees
Our last day of travel towards Broken Hill had us again
adjusting our time as they operate on South Australia time. This also took us into the fruit fly
exclusion zone so signs along the highway advise of forbidden foods. It seems an honesty system as there was no
actual ‘checkpoint’, just a bin provided for you to place fruit etc into.
the road to Broken Hill
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