Gismo Queen and her King

Day 39 - Bourke to Caleb's Rest

Such a cold night, we ran the diesel heater all night - just enough to keep the chill at bay. Of course, we then turn it up in the morning before I get out of bed to make a cuppa! We were on the road by 8:30am to get to the Back O’Bourke Visitor Centre, which we last visited on our 2014 trip. Peter and Rhonda wanted to see it and the exhibition had some new elements so we spent a couple of hours there, culminating in elevenses. Then it was time to hit the road, driving south on a very straight, very flat road. We stopped for lunch in a rest area then onto Cobar where we fuelled up, as the next fuel wasn’t available for another 259km. The others did q quick trip up to the lookout over the open cut mine but we didn't bother, having done it recently enough. Then it was down the road to this little rest area which looks peaceful, tucked in among the bush so you can't see the highhway, but it is also on a road to a mine so we did have mine traffic for a while. We went hunting for firewood and collected a good stash so we had a roaring fire, which was most necessary on this very cold night - possibly our coldest night of the trip.

posted by Tracey @ 8:35 pm