A open cut gold mine which is still operating going now on heritage walk around town it's nice to spend a few days here without travelling very hot 29 degrees again.

Had quite day just went into town and Peter collected wood and we had great fire all other grey nomads joined us and we played a game where we had to name an artist or song from a-z thank god for the song on the ipad.

Drove to mount hope just about central NSW old copper mine and four smelter in the 1873 mine on and of to 1940 large snake on road and dead kangaroos on way had coffee in pub which is up for sale for 300000 too much. Population now 10 in its hay day population over 2000. Driving to Cobar another 140ks. Area subject to flooding as flood signs go past 1metre.

Driving to Hillsten and stopped of at Merriwagga which has the largest bar in the Southern Hemisphere The Black Stump Hotel see photo even Peter said he would have trouble getting up on the chairs the bar came up to my shoulders the chairs were past my boobs. The landscape from Hay, Hay Plains also very flat and they had beef and sheep grazing and then about twenty miles from Merriwagga they had Wheat.

Left hay and travelled on the Kidman Highway called Hay plains as very flat we stopped at the black stump pub as Peter had met a builder in Griffith and help load a truck and said to stop at the pub because they had the highest bar in the Southern Hemisphere the bar was higher than my shoulders and the chairs were higher than my boobs. See photo even Peter had trouble with the chairs after a drink we continued to Hillston and booked into caravan park where we did...