Gismo Queen and her King

Silverton to Gol Gol

One of the biggest benefits of all the rain in the desert has been all the plant life, especially the wildflowers. Jude and I have especially enjoyed walking through, photographing and enjoying the myriad of coloured flowers against the red dirt of the desert. But to date, the famous Sturt Deset Pea has been elusive. I saw them out near Roxby Downs last year but thought there would have been more this year, especially given the rain. Imagine my surprise when I saw them today, on the roadside driving out of Broken Hill! Unfortunately, it was the highway so I was going too fast and there was nowhere to stop to take photos. However, it pleased me greatly! The other surprise this morning, was this view out rhe caravan window this morning: Yep: piglets! not what I expected, and quite cute! We knew Neill and Jude would wake us with their early departure this morning so we said our goodbyes last night and I dropped the blind a little to wave them off from bed when they left. We then rolled over and went back to sleep - waking up when the sun was shining and the temperature was in positive digits! That seemed to be quite a bit later, so we certainly didn't have an early departure. We stopped in Broken Hill for fuel, then headed down the Silver City Highway towards Mildura. Apart from the Sturt Deaert Pea, the scenery was pretty boring and the kilometres melted away. We stopped for lunch at Lake Popiltah (no water) then kept going. When we hit the Murray, we veered around Mildura and hance are still in New South Wales. We were aiming for a campsite on the Murray River but the river access road is closed so we are in a bush camp which is a little disappointing. Anyway, it is warm inside the Patriot and who knows what animals we might see outside our van tomorrow!

posted by Tracey @ 7:29 pm