After overnighting at Lake Benanee, Marg and I decided to have a look at the little outback town of Balranald. Where? Well, about 850ks west of Sydney, and until Marg started researching the area, totally unknown to us. It is like many rural towns with a handful of shops. Unusually, there are 4 's servos though. Maybe that's because this is a highway junction in three directions. There has been a battle here to save the Southern Bell Frog which is quite endangered. Not sure how that is going, but the area was subject to the best part of a ten year drought, so I think that would not have helped. There are 5 rivers also running through the area including part of The Murray, Darling, and Murrumbidgee Rivers. We didn't see or here any Southern
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