Blogs from Menindee, New South Wales, Australia, Oceania

This morning we headed off into the Kinchega National Park. Such a drama buying park passes in NSW! We did try to buy one online as we did (easily) for South Australia, but they wanted us to submit a copy of our vehicle registration showing our home address and a copy of Bernie’s Seniors card. Well, gee whiz, we didn’t think to bring the vehicle registration documentation with us!! Today at the park we need to pay $8.00 for a day pass in actual cash money, put it in an envelope and post it into a slot. How archaic. Fortunately we managed to scratch together $16.00 worth of change to make both vehicles legal should we be stopped by a ranger. We started with the River Drive now at least partially reopened after the rain last ... read more

Woke up to a glorious day on the Darling River. We did hear our grey nomad mates trundle off at about six so I’m glad we got rid of them. Was a bit of a bummer that the rear tyre was completely flat, especially after that google tip. But we were only a few ks out of Menindee and this seemed like a good opportunity to check to see if anyone had died over night, so I rang the local servo. The lady asked me “wheres youse at”. Which was a great question as I hadn’t seen my hat since we started out. With the help of the car manual I changed tyres, noting that I didn’t use Cyril due to the close bond that we are developing, took the spare into town. Told the story ... read more

Before I headed into the outback, I would have said there was definitely only a limited number of sunsets, sunrises, moon rises and moon sets that a photographer could shoot – well, this photographer anyway. Now, I’m not so sure … This is especially true of Menindee, which by the way and just in passing, is I think the windiest place on the planet. As I write this the Sally Wagon is being buffeted by a gale that has just caused me to pull down the pop top and she is still being shaken and rocked like a leaf. In fact I am not sure the pop top will not be ripped open again by the wind at any moment. We arrived in Menindee yesterday afternoon about 2pm and after a quick look at the town, ... read more

Day 1668/7, 1669/8 & 1670/10 Thursday 6, Friday 7 and Saturday 8 June 2013 We are settled in here at Lake Pamameraoo, just outside the Kinchega National Park, and North of Menindee, we are literally 12 feet from the water’s edge which is nice as you can hear the waves lap whilst you are in bed. Also to listen to the different birds calling, including watching the waders do their fishing, as they stealthily walk through the water not making a single ripple and then all of a sudden they move and a fish is hanging out of their mouth. Our spot is a prime spot, having a lake frontage and we are parked about 300 mtrs up from Wendy and Graham Savage, who own the awesome International D1100 that has been featured in the blog ... read more