From Cobar we headed north to the Back o' Bourke.Bourke is a very pretty old town except for the boarded up shops.It's such a pity that not all locals have the same pride in their town. We checked into the Mitchell Caravan Park for the night and then headed to the Bowls club where we said we'd watch Gilly's innings in Perth (Australia v Sri Lanka) on TV and then look around town.As most will know Gilly's innings lasted 118 runs.So not long after he got his 50 ...

The drive from White Cliffs to Wilcannia was uneventful.However, the streets of Wilcannia had a couple dozen more people on them than the day before.Not sure if this had to do with the Aborigines being out to watch/listen to Kevin Rudd's apology or just a more normal day than we had seen the day before.The cost of petrol here was the highest we'd seen it at 164.9 so we only filled enough to get us to Cobar in 260 kms. We stopped for lunch at a campsite/truck sto...

We had heard about White Cliffs from a couple of people particularly with reference to the Underground Motel - we decided to treat ourselves to this (provided I did not suffer from claustrophobia again). We headed up there via a dirt road from Menindee to Wilcannia.Bit of an interesting trip.We lowered the air in the tyres slightly and this appeared to assist the bumpy ride.We stopped for a bit of bread and jam for lunch by the side of the Darling River where it...

From Broken Hill we headed south to Menindee with its lakes at the start of the Darling River.Some of the lakes were dry but others had some water in them.We camped by the River at a campsite called Burke & Wills - it was actually the site of base camp for Burke and Wills, they left part of their party behind in this area whilst they head up to the Gulf of Carpentaria. The little bugs in this campsite were numerous once the lights were turned on.The water by...

We received a guided tour of Broken Hill from Kylie's cousin Shane.A walk along the main street, a visit to the mine memorial atop South mine (fortunately there are fewer deaths these days than early last century), a walk to the top of the mountain to view the Sculptures, a drive out to Silverton for a drink in the pub and photos of the Mad Max car as well as a visit to the museum (you could have spent hours in here looking at all the things they had on show), to...