Day 9
245km = 6 hour with 2 hours rest stop
Day 9 we left Yunta at 10:30am and drove to Peterborough where we stopped at the Steamtown Heritage Rail Centre or S H R C for short. We went on a tour around the Steamtown and saw a sheep carriage, a rail car and a side car. We went on to Hawker where we camped. The Big 4 only had a pool that was very cold and playground. L and JG made friends with the people next to us. We also went on a walk in the community park Which was so “exciting”.=
Day 8
225km = 2 hours
Day 8 we pact up and P and JW went to the hard weir and M, JG and L went to do the food shopping. We went to the skate park and JW rates it 6/10. The clan headed of our aim to get to Yunta. We arrived at Yunta at 4:00pm then went out on a dirt road to a sposed “creek”. We set up camp and when we jumped out of the car we realised we had lost the toilet seat and the leg winder for the caravan. JW, JG and L went and collected wood we made a fire and roasted marsh-mellow and then went to bed.=
Day 7 we woke up, well JGD and LAD did and woke everyone else up but anyway it was raining and it was wet. We had packed up the day before so nothing was wet and it didn’t take long to get ready to go. Because of this we left at 9:30am. The first 3 kms along the dirt road, which now was mud, was slow and the caravan got very muddy. It took us an hour and a half to get to Broken Hills. PH and I scrubbed the caravan clean when we arrived. PH, LAD and I played a game of soccer after that and the score was 6-2 my way. We when back into town to go to the train museum where you can look inside the train and carriages. In a shed there were old medical vehicles and little workers cars to go along the rail way line.
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Day 5 and 6
Approximately 306km and 5.5hours and Rest Day
Spotting kangaroos, more goats, sheep and an Australian Ringneck Parrot, we packed up and headed towards Menindee. We fuelled up at Emmdale and had a nice cappuccino and ice blocks, steeling ourselves for the long journey ahead (The truckie we met there drives from Brisbane to Adelaide in 2 days with Cobar as the half way point!!). After following the Barrier Highway towards Wilcannia, we headed down the dirt road to Menindee approximately 150kms. There were over 40 emus beside the road, running gracefully away from the noise of our “truckosarus”. Amazing to see “wild” emus.
After lunch, where Pa managed to manage to solve the power problem, we looked for a camp beside the lake. Lake Pamamaroo was slowing filling with water from the Darling River and we found a beautiful spot beside the lake under fluttering gum trees. Some trees had fallen over due to the soft sand and the new branches were growing at right angles to the original branches. A great spot for a cubby. The sun set over the lake and I gave it a 10/10 for beauty.
K1 organised a fire and luckily there were nice hot coals for BBQing our dinner as the gas bottle had lost its ring.
Another day beside the lake was spent mucking about, playing in the sand and bike riding.
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421.3Km, 7hour with 2hours stop at Nyngan
We left the Big 4 at 10:00am and went shopping again before leaving but someone forgot (note Grace) their jacket so we had to go back. After all that we left at 10:45am. We drove and drove until we got to Nyngan where we had lunch and went to look at the train museum. At the museum there was lots of old things including a 1920s racing helmet. We hopped back into the car and drove to Cobar and saw the Big Beer Can. We kept on driving to Bulla Park Rest Stop. Very orange dirt was under toe.
168km = 2:45 hours
Day 2 we drove from Orange to Dubbo with a stop at Wellington where we played in the playground and also did some shopping. At Dubbo we camped at the Big 4 caravan site and bounced on the Jumping Castle, swam in the heated swimming pool and rode on the BMX bike track.
Day 3 we went on the early morning walk at the Zoo at 6:30am. We did the walk for about 2 hours. In the afternoon mum and William rode on our bikes around the zoo and Grace, Andrew and Pa drove around in the car. I, William liked the Bongo, the Giraffe and the Black and White Lemur.
Sydney to Orange 275Km = 4:30 hours
We left Sydney at 12:00pm and reached Orange at 5:00pm. We have friends that have a house in Orange so we stopped there. They have three boys F. in year9 , R. in year10 and D. and he has finished High School on Friday 19th September. They have a cubby house and heaps of bike riding trails.
