AustraliaState of New South WalesCentral DarlingEmmdale31°39’5” S 144°16’6” E
19 April 2023, Australia ⋅ 🌩️ 15 °C
We got moving early from Emmdale and made our way through Wilcannia and onto Little Topar for Breakfast, we saw a beautiful brown Tibetan Mastiff, I wish i took a pic with the girls. We had a quickBaca selengkapnya
AustraliaState of New South WalesCentral DarlingWilcannia31°34’7” S 143°23’51” E
19 Maret 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 42 °C
Once you get used to this heat and stop actually perspiring, it’s not good to go back into air-conditioned areas because you can’t go back out again. Sitting here happy hour 45° is probably 44Baca selengkapnya
AustraliaState of New South WalesCentral DarlingTilpa30°55’53” S 144°25’6” E 24 Februari, Australia ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
1093 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Wilcannia
A big day to get to Tilpa, with 7 hours paddling, 2 hours portaging around the Tilpa weir and 2 hours due diligence at the Tilpa Hotel. Found a camp siteBaca selengkapnya
AustraliaState of New South WalesCentral DarlingWilcannia31°33’25” S 143°23’2” E 2 Maret, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
825 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Menindee
A 40 km paddle to get into Wilcannia with the thought of a shower and fresh water on tap driving me on. Get to the caravan park and yes, it's closed forBaca selengkapnya
Pelancong How frustrating about the shower. Hope you sat away from everyone at the golf club ha ha!
I hope you enjoyed a good meal and a cold beer at the Golf Club. Too bad about the shower! [Eileen]
Pelancong Frustrated golfers maybe - get rid of the course and keep the club house ! We all get that….
AustraliaState of New South WalesCentral DarlingNelia Gaari32°6’27” S 142°50’27” E 7 Maret, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 34 °C
640 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Menindee
This section of the river is under the influence of the Menindee weir, even though it is about 120 km downstream. That means the river level is higher thanBaca selengkapnya
Pelancong What a nice guy! We are in awe of your expedition so no doubt the various people you meet are too- or think you are crazy!
AustraliaState of New South WalesCentral DarlingNelia Gaari32°6’26” S 142°50’26” E 8 Maret, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
640 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Menindee
A nice relaxing day at Nelia Gaari Station doing some much needed maintenance on the kayak, clothes washing and sorting out my gear. I also had 4 showersBaca selengkapnya
Pelancong
Would have been good to see the before and after. I take it the maintenance was a good clean and wax?? I couldn’t think of any other maintenance you would need to do unless you have a hidden propeller in there😂
Pelancong That’s great hospitality! I bet the combination of a shower, beer and a KFC dinner felt pretty good!
AustraliaState of New South WalesCentral DarlingMenindee32°23’40” S 142°24’59” E
11 Maret, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
520 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Pooncarie
A portage around the Menindee main weir this morning, then a 25 km or so paddle into Menindee which apparently was the first main town on the Darling RiverBaca selengkapnya
Just catching up on progress after a few days away from the computer (including a day at WOMADelaide) and enjoying your beautifully illustrated account of adventures along the river. Magnificent sunrises, trees and wildlife! Pity about all those goats though - I imagine they are mostly feral. Quite a contrast between the welcome at Nelia Gaari Station and Medindee caravan park! [Eileen]
Pelancong Yes, lots of goats. By far the most common animal, much moreso than sheep. Greg at Nelia Gaari said some are farmed and some feral. They round them up into yards by motorbike, then onto the abattoirs, then sent frozen mainly to the US.
AustraliaState of New South WalesCentral DarlingTartna Point32°54’40” S 142°22’28” E
13 Maret, Australia ⋅ ☁️ 36 °C
445 kms to Wentworth
Next town: Pooncarie
A long day's paddle with temperature still in the high thirties. Super isolated with only a couple of homesteads passed on the riverbank. A couple of bigBaca selengkapnya
The animal life sounds a bit more interesting along this stretch. I expect those audiobooks make a welcome diversion. [Eileen]
Pelancong Yes what are you listening too now? I guess you downloaded things given the sparse internet. I’ve listened to some great Conversations recently.
Pelancong Listened to 'The zone of Interest' by Martin Amis. Based on Auschwitz concentration camp. Absolutely chilling. Also just finished 'Big Brother' by Lionel Shriver. Highly entertaining and thought provoking.
AustraliaState of New South WalesCentral DarlingWilcannia31°33’44” S 143°22’33” E 23 Mei, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Found cheaper petrol here 201.9c/l compared to 239.9 in town....
AustraliaState of New South WalesCentral DarlingWilcannia31°34’5” S 143°23’50” E
19 Maret 2023, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 36 °C
Our last post from this beautiful setting at Warrawong outside of Wilcannia. Seeing the sun go down in the outback has a completely different feel about it than being on the east coast of Australia.Baca selengkapnya
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