29th June - And they say women change their minds. Ray decided we’d go via Renmark which was what he was going to do in the first place so today we have been in 3 states! Not bad since we’d hardly left NSW before this trip - now we’ve at least been in all the Aus states, even if it was only a tiny corner of Victoria today. We know we’re in NSW because the bitumen roads feel like the dirt roads in WA.
We had a noisy, windy night beside the road west of Port Augusta last night and got away a bit later this morning but drove until 5pm to camp beside the Murrumbidgee River in Balranald Caravan Park, a lovely spot. I wish we could stay a bit but Ray wants to get back to Springwood in the Blue Mountains for Sunday then on to Sydney to pick up a new SUP board and north to Sawtell to meet our newest grandchild, born today, Bethany Anne and then a surfing holiday before he has to return to work.
Mountains in the mist near Port Augusta
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| Hallot Windfarm |
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| Blade from wind turbine - Hallot |
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| Dust storm in the distance |
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| Dust storm on ploughed roadside fields |
We drove through lovely mountains, wind farms, past many old ruins, pasture lands, vineyards, olive groves and citrus orchards, across the Murray and through a dust storm at the same time as it was raining! It poured as we stopped for lunch at Renmark and as we set in Balranald but at least we didn’t cop the bad storms they’ve been having all around us.
30th June - 4 degrees at 7.30 this morning when the sun came up just after we left Balranald headed for Bathurst via Hay and West Wyalong. We were very pleasantly surprised by West Wyalong, a few parks in the main street to choose from to stop for lunch, it’s so lovely, clean and tidy and well patronised by the time we finished. Making good time, so will we actually make Springwood today?
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