Bourke is not very far from Cobar, so the plan was to set up at the Kidman Park, have a cup of tea and head back into Bourke to so some sight seeing and head off again next morning. Trouble was, we got talking to some fellow campers who arrived just after us. So we stayed two nights.
Our sight seeing day took us out to Brewarrina to see Aboriginal fish traps.
"this elaborate network of rock weirs and pools, built to catch fish as they swam upstream, stretches for around half a kilometer along the Darling Riverbed just below the weir. The fisheries are still luring fish today as they did 40,000 years ago and the area is still a significant place for Aboriginal people.
Local indigenous people maintain the fisheries and rebuild them, depending on the natural flows of the river.... ....despite serious degradation, the fisheries are still used today by the local community to catch and feed fish"
I took many photos. Here are what I consider my best shots
And a photo I got off the Internet
Beside the weir is a fish ladder so that fish can swim upstream, at least that's what Brandt told me.
Then we headed back to Bourke and went to the sight of the first loch built on Australian rivers and the only one built on the Darling.
Then out to the Bourke cemetery to locate Fred Hollows' grave
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