Day 20 (114)

120Km Junee to Wyalong NSW

High 28, overcast all day ☁️ with more rain in the evening 🌧️

🏡Home for night
Cooinda Reserve ⭐️⭐️
Free camp
Toilets, BBQ, bins
Dump point and water available
Flat sites, some shade, soft ground when wet
Some road noise
Limited Optus reception

👍🏻 Rejuvinating swim 🙏🏻
👎🏻 Lost wheel hub cap 💰

Before leaving we went to check out the Wetlands and WOW what a difference 45 mm rain makes 🌧️ - there were even ducks playing in the water 🦆

Our journey today took along the Goldfields Way

First stop -Temora
Bundawarrah Centre & Temora Rural Museum - $10 entry
Fantastic, it provides an insight into the lives of families and the farming industry in southern NSW over more than a century.
It has the cottage where Sir Donald Bradman 🏏 spent his early years and memorabilia of showman & boxing promoter, Jimmy Sharman 🥊
It’s also home to both NSW & ACT Ambulance Service heritage collections 🚑

We also stopped at the Railway Station, unfortunately the museum wasn’t open but we did get to learn about ‘Boofhead’ a canine legend of the rail network 🐾

Next stop-Barmedman Mineral Pool
Opened in 1951 and originated from the flooding of the Barmedman goldmines by an underground stream. Reported to be the largest mineral pool in the world, it’s reputed to have healing properties and alleviate aches & pains due to its mineral-rich waters
We couldn’t pass up the opportunity for our aches & pains to disappear, so despite it being a little chilly we jumped in- we were the only ones mad enough (except for hoppy 🐸) so we should have 100% of its healing power 🙏🏻

There’s a bit of water around at the moment affecting roads & campgrounds 🚧
With more rains to come 🌧️

At camp we realised we had lost a wheel hub cap, perhaps when we drove through water over the road 🤷🏼‍♀️
Might have to go back and look for it now we’ve seen how much they are to replace 😳

On a positive note, the clouds dispersed enough for us to witness the blood moon eclipse 🌑Læs mere