From Broken Hill, we passed through Menindee once more to join the Darling River again, so we could continue downstream to our next stop….. Pooncarie. Fortunately the temperature had dropped for the trip giving us a temporary reprieve from…
Side trip to Broken Hill and Silverton – and a quick detour via SA in the way back to the run!! ;)
Adjust your watches… we are changing timezones!! Broken Hill is situated in far west NSW but shares the Central Australia Standard Time with SA and NT!! It seems that at the time of deciding Australian timezones, Broken Hill had direct rail…
Louth – Trilby Station, Tilpa, Wilcannia and Menindee – Outback NSW at its best!!
After leaving Bourke, we continued our ‘Darling River Run’, heading south on the Eastern side of the river towards Louth… Louth is a small service town on the Darling River about 100km downstream from Bourke, at which point you…
We’ve been Back O’Bourke!!
Bourke is the gateway to the Outback and back of Bourke is the Outback – also slang for a very long way away; a remote inland area a great distance from the speaker; the middle of nowhere !! We’ve arrived in…
From Mudgee to Lightning Ridge – ‘Darling River Run’ just around the corner!!
Whilst staying in Mudgee we did some sight seeing at the nearby ‘Hands on Rock’ and the ‘The Drip’. Hands on rock was an important ceremonial site for the women and children of the Wiradjuri people. With a long sandstone…
Pre-holiday, holiday… Trial travel, let’s see what works and what doesn’t…
Before hitting the road, visiting and saying goodbye to family and friends was in the route… first stop, Millfield visiting Anthony’s family, where we took over Peter’s garage to do final adjustments to the Monster truck – changing tyres, installing…
Planning our NSW part of the trip
Instead of leaving it for last, we’ve decided to travel NSW first, otherwise we could see it being missed… and NSW has so many beautiful spots to visit!! Since we have dived a fair bit of the NSW coast (South West…