On the Road Again

CANBERRA ODESSEY August 2012

Day 2  

                                                   

Saturday 11^th August 2012

EXCITING NEWS;;;;   we left on time this morning; I’ve always said we could do it.

Again an uneventful day of travelling, apart from stopping to assist a couple broken down on the Hay Plain 60kl west of Hay.  Barbara and Graham left Canberra after spending $3,000  on their Jeep, ran out of fuel on the way to Hay, broke down in Hay and had the NRMA out to get them going and now 60kl further on just cut out, obviously a Jeep thing and we wouldn’t understand.  As soon as we had phone coverage we rang the NRMA for assistance for them, last heard of being towed into Balranald, we will check on them later.

Dexter Too climbing treesBirdcage Reserve is a beautiful location, the trees are tall and proud quite mixtures of gums including the magnificent River Red Gum, easy access off the Sturt Highway.  The trees show clearly the water level during the floods earlier this year, without swimming across and measuring it appears to be down about 1.5 metres.   We ere greeted by a Kookaburra on arrival, Sheryle was in 7^th heaven. Sitting out basking in the afternoon sun, drinking instant coffee and reading, Sheryle popped into the library before leaving and grabbed 6 books, me, myself just a mere 320 on my E-Reader.

Water marks on the trees from the recent floods

The amount of cotton on the side of the road between Balranald and our campsite tonight at Birdcage Reserve (34⁰ 31 230S   145⁰ 41 957E) is incredible, I thought we were travelling north west NSW along the Darling River, please don’t tell me they are growing cotton along the Murrumbidgee as well as rice, if so, may the lice of a thousand camels infest their armpits.

View from our van

Keep the shiny side up

John