Hi to our wonderful family and friends, after a mostly sleepless night due to an invasion of hundreds of noisy, squawking white cockatoos, we left Broken Hill at about 9.30am. Headed down south and into South Australia. Once again we had to stop for lunch and eat all our fruit and salad bits. We only had to hand in 1 x potato, 5 x onions and some celery. It was a very enjoyable trip, wide, flat open land. Only saw groups of emus and wild goats again and not one single kangaroo. As we moved further south we ran into sheep and cattle country. We have travelled through many quaint little country towns and hardly seen a person. Once again we were awestruck by the changing scenery, from barren plains to rolling green hillsides. Our road ... read more

Hi everyone. Today has been great. Have spent our time touring the city of Broken Hill. It is a lovely place and everyone is so friendly. The higlights today for me was our visit out to the Royal Flying Doctor Service. visit to a railway museum and afternoon tea in an authentic 50's Milk Bar (Called Bell's) - chequered black and white squared lino. 50's decor. memorabilia and 50's songs from the jutebox. We are surprised by the lack of grass here, especially as they have had so much rain and floods. Most front yards are either concrete or just dirt. Not many new homes, mainly older style miner cottages. I need to answer a few questions from my cousin John who lives in England. We needed to eat all our fruit before we arrived at ... read more