Tibooburra and Cameron Corner

After Cobar continued west towards Broken Hill stopping overnight at Wilcannia. Initially we were going to head to White Cliffs then Tibooburra before heading back to Broken Hill but as we were unsure of the condition of the road we opted to use Broken Hill as a base and travel to Tibooburra and Cameron's Corner from there without taking the van with us.

Us Aussies must be mad to consider driving 140km each way on a pretty average dirt road to take a photo of a geographical point on the map where 3 states meet. But that's what we did. We tried to get a drone shot but failed dismally - we need more practice at operating it. Part of the problem were the flies which swarmed around you within seconds of getting out of the car. We need to purchase fly nets as they really are unbearable.

There are three large sculptures made from wire on the way out - a bilby, bandicoot and spotted quoll. Also saw some magnificent wedgetail eagles feeding on some road kill, and plenty of emus (got photos this time).

Back in Tibooburra we had dinner at the Family Hotel which is known for murals on the walls that were apparently started by some artists who were working in the area back in the 60's and were flooded in for weeks so started doodling on the walls. Over the years the murals have been added to and some of them are quite raunchy. One of the original artists was Clifton Pugh who painted the portrait of Gough Whitlam in parliament house. Another was Russell Drysdale.

So Tibooburra - population 150 - had a couple of interesting things but it is so isolated I'm really not sure what anyone does here. It's a 'been there, done that' kind of place. We did catch a nice sunset though.Lue lisää