We went into town at Bourke in the morning to Port Bourke wharf, once so busy and important when it was a major destination for paddleboats. What we did see were Corellas - hundreds of them, flying in the air, landing in trees and logs in the river - noisy and destructive. Being native, they are protected and are in plague proportions, stripping trees of bark and leaves - it's so sad to see beautiful river red gums dying because of their destructiveness. After leaving Bourke, we drove north and over the border into Queensland and towards Cunnamulla. We counted three small rises, hardly hills, along the way, the rest of the trip was along very flat ground, with the occasional healthy flock of sheep or some cattle, a few emus or kangaroos and lots of
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