A very lazy start watching Sunday morning TV in bed. We are begining to get into the 'Grey Nomad' mood with some ease. A beautiful sunny morning was on offer even though rain was forcast. Every local said the forcast was crap and it never rains here. Well they were right, a sunny 22c day was in store. We went to the 'Outback Show' at the info centre late morning followed by a cruise on the Darling River on a paddlesteamer this afternoon with a very interesting hi...

Well here we sit with the Swannies footy match on in the backround the sun setting in the west a beer in hand (scotch for me) and alls well with the world. I drove up from Cobar to our destination Kidmans camp in 2 hours getting the hang of things!!!! Bourke has given us our first day of above 20C sunshine day (21C) We travelled around town to visit the area and then we headed out to Mt Oxley, were there are craters and the best 360 degree view of the land. it w...

It rained most of the night but cleared early today and got to around 19c in the afternoon so things are improving on that front. Had a lazy morning sitting in the sun reading then off to view the open cut gold mine, quite impressive indeed. We then walked the 6km heritage trail and were quite surprised at the size of Cobar. Had a takeaway lunch at the reservoir accompanied by some cattle and not much else then went down to the new tank (local description for lak...

Hi friends, what would you think of when I say to you "Outback" maybe sun scourced land, heat, red soil, mirages, NO not today we have driven about 400km to the "outback" to Cobar and on the way it rained lightly for about 2/3 hours along red deep soils muddy with puddles. We saw wild goats, emus, sheep and cattle with lots of scrubby bush and long straight roads. As for MIke's magic touch that turns everything to mush, its easing not too many things have gone wr...

The day started with a few chores that should have taken an hour at best. So I started at 8am. Fix the reversing camera that stopped working yesterday on the trip from Tocumal. A quick check and possible rewire. No problems. Tried everything in my arsenal of knowledge but could not fix it. Must be the screen I guess. No worries its not essential. Consigned to the storage box for the rest of the trip. Then get new connectors for the water supply as the ones on NSW...