Beccy and her team cooked and served breakfast this morning. Fortunately is was sunny but the cloud cover came over for much of the day. I helped do the dishes but the team could not find tea towels. They had half a dozen new ARC tea towels, but they didn’t dry the dishes very well as they have never been washed. The ARC tea towels are normally sold to Roadies as momentoes of their trip.
I walked Blue two laps of the caravan park so he could greet the dogs he has met before, and meet the newbies. There are lots of dogs on this tour, and three cats. Blue and Tilly received gifts from their Aunty Ann-Marie. They each have a new coat and a toy. Tilly had two outings on her long lead, all in the interests of we humans getting plenty of sleep. The more exercise she gets, and the colder it is the more likely it is she will not wake us up.
A notice at our caravan park advises the PV Jandra is not currently operating, presumably because the river is too high and running too fast. I wanted to see the old Bourke Bridge crossing the Darling River 5kms north of Bourke, but it is blocked off as it is too dangerous to walk on. I found this photo online showing both the Bourke Bridge and PV Jandra.
We bought desserts from the bakery and refuelled ready for tomorrow’s drive to our next location when we came across this artwork on the water tower.
It is based on a photograph of the late Percy Hobson, who in 1962 was the first indigenous Australian to win a gold medal at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Perth. Hobson was born in Bourke in 1942. He jumped 6’11” and set a new Commonwealth record.
The rain started just before our concert with Bec Hance and Pete Wilson. When they started singing the rain started again. We sat under our awning and listened sitting in dry comfortable chairs, while some Roadies braved the rain.
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