Day 7 Broken Hill and Silverton

We drove out to Silverton this morning.  It is about 20km from Broken Hill. We drove to the Mundi Mundi Lookout to see the vast plains before us. This was the scene for the Mad Max Movies. The land is very dry.
Then we went into town. We stopped to see the donkeys outside the pub. Then we went to  a couple of galleries, eg Cowz, Howard Steel and John Dynan. Some beautiful artwork was available. They all use lots of colour and show some amazing scenery. Then we had lunch at the pub.
Returned to our van and Connie.

Day 6 Broken Hill

Today we spent time exploring Broken Hill. It was raining a bit. 
We went to the Miner's Memorial on the hill. This was very interesting. People started mining here in the 1890's. Such a hard life they must have had.
Here there is a Lookout over the whole town which was amazing.
Then we went to the Living Statues just outside of town. There were 12 statues done from blocks of sandstone.
We went to Belle's milkbar built in the 1950's and had a milkshake.
After lunch we went to the Pro Hart Gallery. Wow! I love his artwork. We bought a jigsaw puzzle. Should be fun to do.

Day 5 Broken Hill

Today we drove 460 kms from Cobar to Broken Hill. It was a long dry drive.
We stopped at Emmdale for morning tea, then we stopped at Wilcannia for fuel. We had lunch at Dholo Hill. The land is really dry, very flat and desolate. There were lots of dead kangaroos, lots of emus and feral goats.
We arrived in Broken Hill in the middle of a dust storm.
Chinese takeaway for tea was great.

Day 4 Cobar

Today we travelled 367km. We had a small hassle today. We almost ran out of diesel before we got to Brewarrina. Geoff got some diesel for us to continue on our way. This caused about an hour's delay.
We drove through Brewarrina and Bourke. Lots of emus and feral goats were seen along the way. There is beautiful red soil here but very dry and desolate.
We camped at a free camp on the reservoir at Cobar.

Day 3 Walgett

We left Nindigully and travelled 271 km.
First we went to Thallon where Geoff and Lorelle lived for 3 years. We saw the painted silos.
Then we travelled to Dirranbandi where we had morning tea with Julie and Owen Prout. It was great to see them.
We had lunch at Lightning Ridge but the town was so busy with their Opal Festival. We camped at a free camp at Pagan Creek near Walgett. So far Connie is surviving well.

Day 2 Nindigully

On our first day of driving, we travelled 411km to the Nindigully Pub. We camped here beside the Barwon River with heaps of other vans. We stopped along the way at Wyaga rest area and then at Weengallon Rest area.
That night we had tea at the Pub. What a burger! It was even too much for the 4 of us.
It is very dry out here and there are lots of dead kangaroos on the road as well as lots of emus running around.

Day 1 25th July, 2017

Today we left for Gatton.