After checking out of our highly decorated hotel…
We headed off to have breakfast at “the silly goat”
Then on to the Pro Hart gallery where we enjoyed and admired his artwork. Who knew he played the organ???
The next stop was a bit of a scenic tour to Broken Hill South to revisit fond memories of a visit to family as a kid. Here’s a pic for you Sally and Pip…. with fond memories
Then on the road again. Our early plan was to stop at the Horse and Wagons campground just past Wilcannia, but it was only reasonably early when we arrived, and too hot to stop.
We paused for a late lunch at this campground in the Paroo- Darling National park on the banks of the Darling River ( now a series of puddles). Looking to the deep area on the bend it was low but still about 20m wide as far as we could see (not far) but back upstream it was easy to see the dry bed between short patches of moisture. This area was part of Wilga station until it became park in 2002.
The road was very wide and variable through the drive
At 6.30 pm we pulled in to check out the Yanda campground off of the road to Burke. There’s clearly been a LOT of water around here and there is obvious green in stark contrast to the area we have come through over the last two days, but the temperature is saying 40 degrees,
so we have opted to head on in to Burke another 40 or so km to find some air conditioning at a motel.
We successfully located a room with a good air conditioner and happily paid up. So here we are, slumming it again.
Not as inexpensive as camping by the river but a lot more comfy given the weather.
We’ve seen lots of goats today, a couple of eagles and a couple of emus along with a few sheep and a couple of cows. Goats win.
Luvapuzzle 