Central Darling

We got to camp alongside the Darling River (in full flood) following the Qld rains at Trilby Station NSW. What bliss, once we got settled in. Beautiful campsites well spread out, majestic trees lush country. The facilities for campers were awesome and the Station itself a credit to it's owners, immaculate and carefully thought out. We all camped in the same area with provisions for our first campfire. We were lucky enough to score power on our site, winning!! so out came the hair straightner, hairdryer, airfryer, slowcooker, and all those things you absolutely need when you are a serious camper. Our water was from our caravan tank so B decided it was best if I used the shared shower facilities half a km up the track, as he reckons I use too much water but it really was quite pleasant walk so I did not complain 'that much' I was not allowed to use my washing machine either so I used the camp one. My first time staying on an outback 'Station' (farm) it was very different to what I imagined. I thought there would be Kelpies rounding up thousands of sheep, a horse ring, and stables cows to be milked everyday, kangaroos running everywhere and there was none of that. The station itself is big 127,000 acres ( or so it said in their book) which is miles apparently, they have their own airfield aeroplane and chopper so they can go out each day, to try to findand round up the livestock. Hence the only 'livestock' I saw on my walks was a very friendly and well fed Staffy, a black and white cat and some Chooks. So it felt like I had visited a Zoo with no animals. We had a very interesting day and tour of Dunlop station which also had no 'livestock' to be seen it was once a 1 million acre station, that sounds like the size of France to me. The owner has kept the old homestead very "a la naturale" as the times in which it was built, however when I saw the bathroom and shower I thought she was a very special and brave type of woman to live with such exceptional bathroom facilites (picture attached) I had nightmares about the taps and cleaning the actual shower recess last night. We crossed the border today to Connumulla (Qld) for (2) nights and have noticed it is a couple of degrees warmer. Bear is still wearing the same black fur lined 'Aldi' work jacket from home and his shorts and I am hoping to peel the jacket off him in the next week so I can wash it. Can't wait to move further North, bring on the shorts and thongs.Read more