A week’s camping in Outback NSW with a few of our camping
friends Malcolm & Nikki, Hutchie & Wendy, Vicki & Ug, and met up
with Keith & Bronny. This trip started at a previous trip early in the year
and developed into a week-long journey through outback NSW, travelled over 2300kms
with the camper and towed over 100kms of corrugated roads, dust storms,
countless sheep, goats, kangaroos, cows seen and many skeletons of animals
along the trip where they were hit by a car/truck or may have just died because
of the drought
Travelled through Deniliquin, Hay, Ivanhoe, Wilcannia, White
Cliffs, Broken Hill, Silverton, Wentworth, Mildura, Sea Lake, Home
Wednesday 31st
Oct
Up early to meet at Maccas Eucha for the drive to white cliffs,
lunch stop at Ivanhoe NSW and a drive of around 100kms on gravel and corrugated
road, arrived at white cliffs around 4:30pm at a temp of around 40deg HOT.
Problem with the fridge not working and needed to get some ice just in case
(eventually all sorted) and some left-over ice for the 12v evap cooler !!! set
up and a few drinks around the camp with a “Halloween” theme
Thursday 1st
Nov
Around 30 deg by 9am and off on the “White cliff bus tour”
operated by Wendy’s brother Rob a tour of around 4 hrs on and off the bus
visiting the local cemetery, Opal mines, a underground house, undergroundmotel, solar project, and the local general store for lunch and other local
attractions very informative of the area back to camp few beers in the afternoon
heat then off the pub for dinner back and a few more drinks
Friday 2nd
Nov
Drive from White Cliffs to Silverton through a few dust
storms and a short break at Wilcannia, on the banks of the Darling River (
sorry sight no water flow at all) arriving early afternoon @ Penrose Park –
Silverton, set up and a relaxing afternoon/evening of doing nothing.
Saturday 3rd
Nov
Off the Broken Hill to explore the town, coffee, tour of the
mine sight and miner’s monument, picked up some food at Coles the back to camp
ready for the afternoon a few drinks temp cooler then White Cliffs and off to
the Silverton Hotel for dinner
Sunday 4th
Nov
Short drive to Silverton Cemetery then off to the ‘Silvertonmine Tour” with scones then to the RFD exhibition and tour of the facilities in
Broken Hill and followed by a milkshake at a 50s themed milk bar called “Bells”
then on the way home drove into town for a look around
Monday 5th
Goal tour, a few art gallrys in town found the local donkeys
wondering around town, beer at the pub back to camp for afternoon tea then of the
Mundi Mundi lookout for the sunset (and not disappointed) had been overcast all
day but a great sunset to watch back to camp dinner and a few drinks. Around
2:30am hit with an almighty storm, thunder. Lightning and rain most of our camp were up sorting things out and pulling annexes down lasted a few hours but
camper went very well
Tuesday 6th
Packed up and off by 10am stopping at Wentworth NSW
@Junction Park where the Darling river and Murray river join up looked for
something to eat (small town or we missed the main street!) but stopped at
Mildura instead then home via Sea Lake
