Friday 14 June 2024

It was off to Longreach and the tourist park that we had stayed in before.

This time they had added a building called the Woolshed.

The entertainment after the meal that we enjoyed was provided by a gentlerman called Errol Gray. He did not sing one cover song. All the songs he sang were about caravaners. He thought he should change his name to Earl Gray !

Sunday 16 June 2024

What we learnt this day was never go over a dead kangaroo unless it is estimated to be 6 inches high. Got to the park and had to visit the local Mitre 10 store to puchase some PVC pipe. Back to the caravan park and spent the next 3 hours cutting pipe and getting brackets off the broken pipe. Measure and check it twice to ensure it stayed in place. Fortunate to have LED torches as I finished it after dark. It was cold and dark but I struggled on. Had some tea and got warm.

Monday 17 June 2024

It was off to Kidmans Camp at Bourke. As we drove the discussion turned to how far and how long we were going to stay. Stopped at the Port of Bourke Hotel for some lunch and decided Bourke was not the place we wanted to stay for a couple of days and then drive to Broken Hill.

Prior to getting into Bourke we sighted a Thomas Fine Foods building. Found out in the hotel it employees approximately 200 people and exports 99% of the goats they process over seas

Tuesday 18 June 2024

Off to Broken Hill for 2 days of rest and recreation

Had previously stayed in the park but the facilities have really been improved. The camp kitchen close to our van had automtic electric doors and heated. We walked every day to the local supermarket.

Saturday 22 June 2024

Off to Jamestown.

The last time we came from Broken Hill the roads to travel on were not enjoyable. It is far better to get onto highway 1 and go through Port Wakefield than Burra. Two nights in this splendid park were enjoyable and lunch in the hotel was really enjoyable. Also one of the best foodland store we have seen in a long time.

Left out of a previous post is the following

Sighted at Barkly Homestead.. It looked like this in 2014 according to Aerial Visuals.