Finally, some pictures
I have finally plugged my camera into the computer for the first time since leaving home. It’s usually in the glove box so I have it handy and come night-time, I’m too lazy to go out in the cold and get it in order to download some pictures. If you read our family blog, you’ll have seen some I managed to get loaded taken by Lleyton. So, now here are some from my camera.
Trailer Boy making funny faces as he eats his dessert in the caravan:
He’s a clown!!!!
The silver tree located in the Albert Kersten GeoCentre at Broken Hill:
One of the many desert sculptures at Broken Hill:
It was a bit of a chore getting these 2 up the hill!!!! They were ready to call it a day.
Getting our whole family in the picture:
That was another of the desert sculptures at Broken Hill.
An endless day of driving from Broken Hill to Nyngan:
There were times when the road looked like it was never ending. Even though it was just under 600km, with a caravan, 3 kids and numerous roadworks, it certainly felt like a long day. And very little of interest to see. Not even many towns along that stretch!!! We were certainly glad to have that day behind us.
On trial at the Dubbo Gaol:
Farmboy blamed it all on the kids!!!!
Where we think we’ll leave the kids for the rest of the trip:
LOL. Just kidding!!!!
Trailer Boy wasn’t all that keen on the gaol. Can’t say that I blame him. It was quite spooky in places. Not a nice place really but quite interesting nonetheless.
Biking it around the Dubbo Western Plains Zoo:
My first bike ride in 23 years!!!!
I have a feeling I might be a tad sore tomorrow!
Making a fashion statement in my bike helmet:
Farmboy needs to work on his photography skills as he was supposed to be taking a photograph of the elephant statue here!!!
I think the giraffes were my favourite exhibit:
Although the Gallapagos Tortoises were rather cute:
We watched them being fed and heard an interesting talk about them. It was the only talk we got to today. We’ll head back tomorrow to hear a couple more. I think it’s great that tickets are valid for 2 consecutive days. You’d have to really move it to see everything in the 1 day.
That about covers what we’ve done so far. It’s hard to believe that tomorrow is day 7. In some ways, it feels like we’ve been gone a lot longer than a week but in other ways, it’s going quite quickly. I’m pretty happy with the way we’ve settled in to the caravan and tweaked a few things a little. It’s also been very nice to stay in the same place for more than 1 night.
We leave Dubbo on Wednesday and start heading North. Hopefully we’ll encounter some warmer weather soon. The days have mostly been fine here but still quite cool and the nights have been freezing. We’re certainly glad to have the reverse cycle air conditioner in the van to keep us warm!!! We heard today that there has been snow only about an hour and a half from here so I guess it’s not surprising it’s cold.
Getting clothes dry has been a challenge. I have 1 load on our portable line which has taken 2 days to get dry (moving it in and out of the annexe) and had to tumble dry a load at a cost of $6!!!! :( I don’t want to be paying $9-$10 per load of washing that’s for sure (cost of washing + drying)!!!!
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sounds like you are having a ton of fun.
When we traveled for 6 wks in our caravan we strung a line inside (from the poptop ezy lifters) to dry the clothes during the day as we drove along.
The caravan got quite warm even on cooler days
Are laudromats outside of caravan parks cheaper ?
Did you see the tortoises eating pineapple tops …
Thanks for sharing about one of my fav places!! full of memories that was, especially that bit about the chilly due to nearby snow.. i used to live in thermals under my good work clothes on those days!!! And guess what? i never stepped a foot inside the old dubbo gaol when i lived there!! but did go to the zoo regularly for church picnics.. with an annual pass…
PS dont tire yourself out trying to keep up with blogs if you need a rest!!
This post brought back great memories for me. I have a great photo of Steph and Scott on that elephant statue…although in MY photo you can actually see the elephant statue…now if you’d brought ME along you would have all these great family photos of all of you!
Let me guess, it was snowing at Orange! lol I’d believe that from the size of the frost at our place this morning. It looked like it had snowed here (doesn’t though)
Glad you are having such a great time already. Those desert sculptures at Broken Hill are gorgeous. I want to take my kids to lightening ridge. It’s a really interesting place with the opal mines, bottle house, hot springs etc, might be worth your while detouring that way on your way up to QLD
Finally! For a week now my computer has frozen everytime I tried to access your blog. (And several other blogs). Now for the reading….
Just caught up on your travels - good to see the trip is going well so far. What an adventure! You’ve just travelled through an old home of mine (Cobar) - bit of a blink and you miss it place, isn’t it? Luckily I was only there for about a year. Had many a trip to Dubbo while we were there. From there we went on to Orange for nearly 2 years which is probably where that snow is. Man that was a cold (but lovely) place. Hope you get some warmer weather soon.
Trish - I’ve always assumed caravan parks were cheaper than Laundromats but I really should check that out. One should never assume!!! Thanks for the hint about the line. I’m doing better in that department now.
Lynette - The blogging bit is easy. I can do that in the car as we drive along. It’s finding connections that is proving more challenging.
Sharon - LOL. I dunno, I’ve been pretty grumpy today. If I’d brought you, we might no longer be friends.
B - yep, apparently it’s been snowing in Orange which makes the winds in Dubbo freezing!!!! Lightning Ridge does sound interesting. We’ve come across a number of people heading there. I’m sure we’ll get there one day but for now, the kids have had enough of the car so we’re keeping our km’s down as much as we can.
River - no blog reading!!!! How disastrous. It’s a wonder you’re still with us and not in the looney bin!!!
Glad you’re back.
Guera - lovely to hear from you. I imagine Orange would be cold - might be a good thing we didn’t head there. Going North now so should start to warm up.