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After breakfast I found the St George dump site, then realised it was Saturday and most shops close at noon. I made it to the newsagency with 5 minutes to spare, but it had already closed. I then had to go to both supermarkets to buy the newspapers we wanted. The bakery had sold outContinue reading “Aussie Road Crew Day 6”

We drove to St George following the Castlereagh Hwy and crossing into Queensland. The road passes through the small villages of Hebel and Dirranbandi. In places there was water on the road from recent rains. The road surface was so rough at times that Beccy wished she had worn a sports bra! We had aContinue reading “Aussie Road Crew Day 5”

We stayed two nights at the Lorne Station. Beccy put on breakfast with three different cooked options, and I helped with washing up the cutting boards, cooking utensils, and bain-maries. I took a couple of photos of our caravan park. The dilapidated cabin is an example of the type of accommodation available for those notContinue reading “Aussie Road Crew Day 4”

We packed up in Bourke and drove to Lightning Ridge, following the Kamilaroi Hwy in an easterly direction to Brewarrina, then to Walgett. During our first stop at Brewarrina we had planned to go to the Muddy Waters Cafe, but as so many Roadies were already there we pushed on. I at least took aContinue reading “Aussie Road Crew Day 3”

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 wellContinue reading “Aussie Road Crew Day 2”

The rest of the Roadies arrived today and were squeezed onto sites in this small park. The owners are very helpful and produced our first group dinner – lasagne with vegetables. This morning we drove into town for coffees. I was busy admiring the plentiful flow of water in the Darling River, thinking Anita wouldContinue reading “Aussie Road Crew Day 1”

It was a pleasant sunny Sunday for our drive to Bourke. As we had not unhooked the Bushtracker, packing up was simple. Importantly I had identified a coffee shop on the way out of town that opens on Sunday mornings. The two lane Mitchell Hwy has a speed limit of 110kph, but it is notContinue reading “Dubbo to Bourke”

We were awake at 5am and heard the beginning of more rain. Rather than risk the ground around us becoming boggy, we drove back to Dubbo. Water was already pooling on the side of the road along the Golden Hwy. As we were so early it was easy to park with the Bushtracker right behindContinue reading “Wet Again in Dubbo”

Our pack up this morning was slow as I dried some of the awning panels in the sun – yes sun after more overnight rain. It took a while for us to work out why no water would flow through the taps when using tank water. You guessed it, one tank was dry. We wereContinue reading “Dubbo to Ballimore”

This morning we found a nicer wet weather dog friendly cafe for breakfast – Press has a large covered area out the back where dogs are welcome. The food and coffee were good, but the serving of Vegemite was huge – more Vegemite than butter! Back at the van I finally repaired a leaking pipe,Continue reading “Still Raining in Dubbo”