Corner Country

Once at Tibooburra we booked in to the Granite Caravan Park. Tibooburra is nestled amongst granite boulders.














Then we walked along to where, upside down on a pole, is a replica of the boat Sturt toted with him looking for the inland sea, which he never found. The boat was abandoned nearby.



Next day we took a trip to Cameron Corner just to say that we had been at the point where three States meet. We took the 4wd route having been told that it was both more scenic and in better condition than the main road. They were right in that it was very scenic.















I think we averaged a speed of about 60 kph. (No speed cameras out there)





To get to the "corner" marker we had to go through the dingo fence and into SA, then to get to the "Corner Store" we went into Queensland.






The only way I could see to be in three States at once was to climb on the marker and sit on it. Brandt supports my right foot while I dragged myself to the top ..... and there I sat!













There was another drive that we did. It passed a pastoral museum,












a couple of lookouts, one of which entailed a 4km hike







And, yes, the flies were bad. They were thick on Brandt's sleeve, but disbursed once I took my camera out. However some did return to "drink" moisture on his fingers, but believe me they were thicker than this.






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Broken Hill to Tibooburra

Leaving Broken Hill we drove for 110 or so km towards
Tibooburra and stopped for the night at a 24 hour rest area.
The first thing Brandt did (after levelling the van) was to clean up after other people.






Don't be fooled. The TV aerial may be up but there is no reception out here. I always check though, just in case.











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Volunteering in Broken Hill

While in Broken Hill we able to park our caravan behind BCA House. This building was once a hostel for school children from outlying areas. Now it has multiple uses from church groups to over nighters by distant neighbours.
My job was to go through the linen cupboard and mark the sheets as either single or double, then put them in the cupboard in an organised way.
Brandt, on the other hand was in his element pruning/cutting down trees.





The school next door asked if Brandt could attend to the trees overhanging their entrance, so a scissor lift was hired for a day and away he went.


The clutter was cut into usable sizes and either taken to the green waste dump....


...or stored to be used as fire wood.



The back yard is large and so twice a week "work for the dole" workers arrive to plant/care for veggie gardens. They are told that they may take and use any ensuing veggies. The hope is that they will take the skills learned here and use them at home to grow their own veggies.









Brandt decided to cook pikelets for their morning tea.

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Touring Broken Hill

SILVERTON
We spent a Saturday afternoon at Silverton





This museum has an amazing amount of memorabilia








Of course we visited the Mad Max Museum








We had a quick drink at the Silverton Hotel






Then it was a short trip to Mundi Mundi .......


to eat our fish and chips while we,


and many others waited for the sun to go down.



THE LIVING DESERT

Sunday we visited the sculptures and living desert cultural walk.











I sincerely hope this is as close as I get to a living brown snake.....or any other living snake for that matter.


These huts are self supporting and will survive fairly strong winds.









Nearly at the end Brandt spotted this bearded dragon sunning itself.




THE BIG SEAT overlooking Broken Hill







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