Well we're back from our camping trip around the backblocks of NSW, you may remember I expressed concerns about staying in Dubbo.
Rog from this list contacted me before I left and we arranged to meet in Dubbo and have dinner and a chat. We met Rog and his mate Bruce and had dinner at the Railway Bowling Club, the night we arrived. The food and company were great, he gave me a few tips which proved useful, so thanks Rog..much appreciated.
After spending 2 nights in Dubbo we went to
Trilby Station near
Louth to begin our
Darling River Run Trip. Liz and Gary Murray own
Trilby and they are the nicest people you could meet.. easy to talk to and helpful country people. We were planning to spend only 2 nights on
Trilby but my drought breaker, read campertrailer, worked it's magic and the small amount of rain that fell made the road impassable so we stayed the extra night.
From
Trilby we went to
White Cliffs, we had to use some minor roads because the road from
Tilpa to
Wilcannia was closed still. At
White Cliffs, we did Jock's
Mine tour, what a character he is, if ever you go to
White Cliffs you must go there.
From
White Cliffs we went to
Broken Hill, via
Wilcannia for a refuel. Now there is a scary place, it is a dying town. People standing in the street were not the friendly country folk we have come across up to this point, they are surly, staring and menacing. While i refuelled there i locked the kids in the car when i went to pay.
In
Broken Hill we did as much as we could in the 3 days we had left then we headed
home, via
Cobar. Now this is a nice town, the people are a big contrast to the
Wilcannia residents i saw. This seems like a go-ahead country town that still has its pride intact, I will make time to explore it next time out.
Of course these are just the impressions i gathered from a brief stopover in town for refuelling.
Anyway, i mainly just wanted to thank Rog for his hospitality and give brief overview of my 10 day tour.