Still no
other traffic until we were well up the road. The road travelling through very open country now often with very little vegetation.
Called into Alpurrurulam with the intention of buying an ice pole about 11am. The community was not very inviting and when we had trouble finding the store we decided to press on. Passed Lake Nash Station near the
The countryside through here is very dry and we passed a number of windmills and tanks where cattle were congregating. Not a lot for the poor things to eat.
Very dry after the Queensland border |
And then we find this oasis at Matador Dam |
Arrived at
Jem and Nat’s about 4pm and found them out in the front yard having a
picnic. Set up the camper in their front
yard. Isaac and Hunter thought it looked
like a pretty good cubby! They were also
very happy to have someone else to play with – roll them the ball etc. The boys were a bit confused to start with
Jill looking a lot like Nanny Wendy and she got called Nanny regularly during
our stay. Baby Hunter didn’t miss out on
a cuddle either.
Dinner
tonight was a delicious chicken stir-fry cooked by Jem.