We got quite hot last night. It's 10 degrees C this morning. Siân's phone got confused between SA and NSW time, so we ended up getting up at 0600hrs instead of 0630hrs.
Happy birthday Madi!
We left camp at 0745hrs NSW time, not long after sunrise, driving through the Mount Wood section of the NP as well. It is all jump-up country and gibber plains from Olive Downs to the Wanaaring-Tibooburra Rd (ie mesas and rocky plains). There are kangaroos everywhere and we saw two huge ones having a boxing match!
The scenery changes back to low pink sand dunes with yellow flowers and claypans as we head east and there are so many animals along here! Kangaroos, emus, huge cattle, galas, wedge tailed eagles, crows, sheep, goats, a huge wild boar and a feral cat.
As you come into Waanaring, the landscape is flat orange dirt with shrubs. Just like around Broken Hill. Wanaaring is a tiny town with a local park, several houses, a fire station, tiny school, general store that is also a cafe, a post office and a caravan park. They loved that we did our grocery shopping here. We had lunch, filled the water tank and the girls had a shower and washed their hair. There was a white hose attached to a tap in the park that they said we could use to fill our water. It's bore water and safe to drink. We always treat it as well. The Paroo river in Wanaaring was huge and full.
I could barely stay awake between Wanaaring and Bourke. So exhausted! There were a few items we couldn't get at Wanaaring so I did a mini shop at Bourke as well. There was a nice grocery store just north of the town, and we also filled up with fuel. This was the first fuel up for the defender since Lyndhurst (the other end of the Strzelecki).
May's Bend on the Darling River north of town was easy to find, thanks to our GPS/hema/iPad set up. It is also sign posted and is just a couple of kilometers north of Kidman Camp. It is beautiful! A free camp right on the river which we shared with two other groups, but there was plenty of room. Thanks Wikicamps!
The weather was quite warm, and we enjoyed relaxing with a river view. I was kept busy uploading photos and videos, enjoying visits from neighboring dogs, and since we had signal, catching up with people.
Jordan did a search for Jandra times. With lots of rain forecast we opted to do the 9am trip tomorrow.
One of the rear wheels on the Pajero is making a loud grinding sound. Col had a bit of a look but there's nothing he can do right now. The brakes seem to be the cause.
Most of us read for a bit, then had an early night.
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