Last night was really cold we went to bed in long johns and T-shirts. I set the alarm for 5.30am however when it went off it was too cold to get up and still dark and very quiet. It was one of the quietest nights I have experienced. There was no insect or wildlife noise and certainly no humans. The … Continue reading →
It was close to 9am by the time we left Charters Towers on Saturday morning. We are all fuelled up and on the road south to Emerald. Much the same scenery as yesterday, but with a few more cars and less road trains. We drove through Emerald just after 2pm, so we agreed on 3.30 as our “stop and look … Continue reading →
We ordered a bottle of wine, and the girl serving us went out the back for it. She couldn’t find the one we wanted, so she went to the bottle store for it. We got it at the bottle store, price instead of the over the counter price, which is usually a few dollars dearer. You gotta love these back country pubs.
Continue reading →We headed to Broken Hill on the Silver City highway. About six kilometres from town, we turned off to look at the Peeri Sands. This collection of sand dunes are brilliant colours, reds and browns. This is a few hectares of dunes in the middle of nowhere. Almost no traffic was heading our way as we headed back on the … Continue reading →
