Wednesday July 14, 2010
Spent the day looking around at various Broken Hill attractions. Drove out to the Living Desert Sculpture park and the site had a great view over the town. I couldn’t enjoy it though (none of us could) as the wind was strong and icy. Saw some nice Sturts Desert Pea plants on the way out. We then drove up to the Line of Lode Miners Memorial and had a coffee. Dearest coffee we have had all trip, but the view was good. Winds were still icy and strong. From there we went to the Silver City Mint and Art where we saw a lot of great works. They also had a chocolate factory in there and we bought a few goodies. Out to Bells Milk Bar to sample some ’50s style milk shakes and decor. It was interesting to see memorabilia from that era and both of us remembered some of it from our younger years.

We had dinner at the Demo Club in town. Much better than the Legion Club.

Thursday July 15, 2010
Had an early start to the trip to Dubbo. Golden Arches for breakfast and then on the road at 7.30am.

It was a long drive today around 730klm. When we hit Willcannia it had lots of surface water on the sides of the road and paddocks. Everything was very green and there were hundreds of multi coloured goats all the way to Cobar. Feral goats are bad news to the ecosystems of Australia, and they are certainly alive and well out there. Lots of nannies and kids in evidence. Had lunch at the visitors centre park in Cobar. A really neat and tidy park. One of the best visitors centres we had encountered on this trip.

Drove though Nyngan, which has recovered after the recent flooding, and hit Dubbo about 4pm. Dinner at the Bowling Club. It was very good and well priced. Back there tomorrow night.