Tibooburra

Day 1 THURSDAY June 27th 2024
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Bugger the ice and frost we are off to meet the troups and make the magnificent seven!. Goodbye frosted washing, goodbye minus 3 and hello warmer climes. Setting off at sparrows dawn and heading west. Past the cotton farms and first of the emus on the Narromine plains,the salt bush and the myall trees. We've even brought Andrew's dad along for the ride (he's in the glove box). Bill loved this country. Nyngan was his home. (Andrew sheds a tear).Through Nyngan on the Bogan, we stop and pay tribute to the sheep sculpture, which honours the first drovers  and was commissioned by Andrew's mum and dad. Onward through red dirt plains, where wedge tail eagles soar and red kangaroos race.

I have taken to navigating as months of mapping and downloaded apps, and "I know where I'm going." This means we almost ended our travels on a dusty clay pan with nothing but salt bush around! Saved by my trail mix too. Just the right blend. 😄

If you were a goat herder, this would be your heaven. Goats everywhere. I've even got a Billy goat driving.

On the road from Wanarring to Tibooburra ,We've never seen such fat, shiny, healthy cattle, sheep ,roos, pigs, and goats. The country has soaked up recent rains and is green as far as the eyes can see and an emu can streak! Green and yellow irridescent Budgies in flocks of murmurs against cloudless blue skies. As the sun sets in the western sky, we make into Tibooburra with a touch of 'first night fever'..Read more