Debbie & Geoff's

Australian Safari

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Photo Album 2022 NSW

 

Ballina to Broken Hill, Darling River Run
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These are the photos following along with the Blog text.

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Tenterfield Caravan Park
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Having a cuppa in railcar 1987
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Red-rumpped Parrot, Ashford caravan park
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McKenzie Falls
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McKenzie Falls
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Kwaimbai National Park
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Old farm house on the road to Graman
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Warialda Footy team mascot, The Wombat
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R2D2 statue Warialda
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo
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Cranky Rock
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Cranky Rock
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Cranky Rock
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Roko Island Cape York pearls
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Roko Island Cape York pearls
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Roko Island Cape York pearls
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Punsand Bay camp site
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Punsand Bay, Gree Tree Frog
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Punsand Bay, Peaceful Dove
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Punsand Bay, Papuan Frogmouth
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Punsand Bay, Olive-backed Sunbird
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Punsand Bay, Emerald Dove
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Cape York, the top of Australia
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Cape York, the top of Australia
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Punsand Bay, chopper flight
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Thursday Island looking over to Horn Island, in the Torres Straits
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Brad cooking lunch in the tropical bush, Cap York
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Lesser Frigatebird
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Jardine River Ferry office and fuel station
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Jardine River Ferry
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Crossing Eliot Creek heading to Eliot Falls camp
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Fruit Bat Falls
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Fruit Bat Falls
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Fruit Bat Falls, Pitcher plant
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Fruit Bat Falls
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Eliot Falls camp
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Brad setting up the roof top tent, Eliot Falls camp
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Malcolm guiding the Ranger onto a bridge on the Old Telegraph Track
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Crossing Eliot Creek on the Old Telegraph Track
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On the Old Telegraph Track
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Removing the guard flare after hitting a kangaroo on the Bamaga Road
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The Junction of the Old Telegraph Track on the Bamaga Road
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One of the old telegraph poles on the Old Telegraph Track
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The notorious ‘Gun Shot’ on the Old Telegraph Track
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The notorious ‘Gun Shot’ on the Old Telegraph Track
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Bramwell Junction the departure point for the notorious Old Telegraph Track
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Archer River Roadhouse
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Moreton Telegraph Station
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Exchange Hotel, Coen
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The Bend - Coen
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Musgrave Station
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Musgrave Station
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Chinese copy of a BMW 1942 Motor Bike, Laura
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Endeavour Falls
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Lookout Cooktown
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Sea-Eagle standing it’s ground against a Wedge-Tailed Eagle
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Road heading north just north of Coen
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30 metres away from our tent at Musgrave Roadhouse was a pond with 12 fresh water crocodiles
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Masked Finch
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Golden-Shouldered Parrot at Artemis Station
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Golden-Shouldered Parrot at Artemis Station
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Golden-Shouldered Parrot at Artemis Station
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Rainbow Bee-eater
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Rainbow Bee-eater
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Hann Crossing Camp - Lakefield National Park
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Hann Crossing Camp - Lakefield National Park
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Black-fronted Dotterel at it's nest
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Common tree snake at Hann Crossing Camp - Lakefield National Park
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Lakefield National Park
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Dragonfly (Rhyothemis graphiptera) banded flutterer
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Freshwater Crocodile at Hann Crossing Camp - Lakefield National Park
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Hann Crossing Camp - Lakefield National Park
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Flyingfox at Hann Crossing Camp - Lakefield National Park
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Papuan Frogmouth at Hann Crossing Camp - Lakefield National Park
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Hann Crossing Camp - Lakefield National Park
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Sarus Crane
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Brolga
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Lotus Flower
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Black-necked Stork  (Jabaru)
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Brahminy Kite
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Comb-crested Jacana
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Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo
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Skink
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Old Laura Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead in Lakefield National Park
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Old Laura Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead in Lakefield National Park
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Old Laura Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead in Lakefield National Park
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Old Laura Homestead is a heritage-listed homestead in Lakefield National Park
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Dusty Ranger needs a wash
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Dusty Ranger needs a wash
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Cape Tribulation-Bloomfield Road
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Tenterfield Caravan Park
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Tenterfield Railway Museum
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Having a cuppa in railcar 1987
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Red-rumpped Parrot, Ashford caravan park
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McKenzie Falls
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McKenzie Falls
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Kwaimbai National Park
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Old farm house on the road to Graman
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Warialda Footy team mascot, The Wombat
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R2D2 statue Warialda
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill
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Yellow-rumped Thornbill
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Eastern Grey Kangaroo
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Cranky Rock
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Cranky Rock
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Cranky Rock
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Roko Island Cape York pearls
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Roko Island Cape York pearls
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Roko Island Cape York pearls
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Punsand Bay camp site
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Punsand Bay, Gree Tree Frog
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Punsand Bay, Peaceful Dove
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Punsand Bay, Papuan Frogmouth
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Punsand Bay, Olive-backed Sunbird
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Punsand Bay, Emerald Dove
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Cape York, the top of Australia
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Cape York, the top of Australia
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Punsand Bay, chopper flight
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Thursday Island looking over to Horn Island, in the Torres Straits
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Brad cooking lunch in the tropical bush, Cap York
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Lesser Frigatebird
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Jardine River Ferry office and fuel station
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Jardine River Ferry
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Crossing Eliot Creek heading to Eliot Falls camp
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Fruit Bat Falls
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Fruit Bat Falls
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Fruit Bat Falls, Pitcher plant
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Fruit Bat Falls
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Eliot Falls camp
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Brad setting up the roof top tent, Eliot Falls camp
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Malcolm guiding the Ranger onto a bridge on the Old Telegraph Track
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Crossing Eliot Creek on the Old Telegraph Track
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On the Old Telegraph Track

Tenterfield Caravan Park
Entrance to the Tenterfield Railway Museum
Tenterfield Railway Museum
Tenterfield Railway Museum
Tenterfield Railway Museum
That would have been a tough way to service the tracks, Tenterfield Railway Museum
Debbie always wanted to drive a train, Tenterfield Railway Museum
It’s a long wait for a train at Tenterfield Railway Museum
It’s a tough life, having a cuppa in a railcar, 1987, Tenterfield Railway Museum
Red-rumpped Parrot, Ashford caravan park
McKenzie Falls
McKenzie Falls
Kwaimbai National Park
Old farm house on the road to Graman
Warialda Footy team mascot, The Wombat
R2D2 statue Warialda
Yellow-rumped Thornbill
Yellow-rumped Thornbill collecting nesting nesting material
Yellow-rumped Thornbill collecting nesting nesting material
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Cranky Rock
Cranky Rock
Cranky Rock
Peacock drops in to help with caravan tire change
The local horse at Cranky Rock also drops in to help with caravan tire change
What’s for lunch Debbie, I helped Geoff repairing the caravan
Cotton, in the raw
Harvested cotton all bailed up ready for the Gin. Sprouted rows of cotton in the foreground
Bridge over the Barwon River at Brewarrina
The weir on the Barwon River at Brewarrina
Painting by John Murray on the toilet block Brewarrina information centre
Looking across to Oxley Range from the top of Mt. Oxley
One of seven Wedge-tailed Eagles cruising on the uplifts on the top of Mt. Oxley
A mob of 15 Emu at Rossmore Station shearing sheds
Camped  at Rossmore Station shearing sheds
Looking  at Rossmore Station shearing sheds across one of the dams
Looking  at Mt. Oxley across one of the dams at sunset,  Rossmore Station shearing sheds
Windmill at sunset,  Rossmore Station shearing sheds
Camped  at Rossmore Station shearing sheds at sunset
Night shots inside Rossmore Station shearing sheds
Night shots inside Rossmore Station shearing sheds
Night shots inside Rossmore Station shearing sheds
Darling River looking down stream, at Bourke weir, the water is up to the top of the railing of the viewing platform
Darling River looking at the paddle steamer ‘Jandra’, at Kidmans Camp Bourke
Aboriginal rock paintings at Gundbooka National Park
Rose Isle Station from the air, on the banks of the Darling River
Geoff checking the Darling River at Rose Isle Station
Morning Tea at Rose Isle Station, Darling River
Samantha and her new bottle walled bath house at Rose Isle Station, Darling River
Geoff with a very friendly Echidna at Rose Isle Station, Darling River
A very muddy Echidna at Rose Isle Station, Darling River
 Checking out the information at Louth ready to cross to the other side of the Darling River
The Louth pub, there is only two main buildings the other the Post Office, Darling River
Wild flower
Road from Bourke to Louth running along the Darling River
Camp at Trilby Station beside the Darling River
Trilby Station homestead, plane and helicopter hanger on the left and shearing shed on the right
Trilby Station, old wool bail press outside the amenities
Trilby Station, modern shearing shed
Old car and Dunlop Station homestead
Dunlop Station homestead
Dunlop Station homestead front entrance
Dunlop Station homestead side entrance
 Dunlop Station store building
Dunlop Station store building
Inside Dunlop Station store building
Inside Dunlop Station store building
Dunlop Station shearing shed and it's old steam engine that ran the shearing tools
Inside Dunlop Station shearing shed
Inside Dunlop Station shearing shed
Inside Dunlop Station shearing shed
Inside Dunlop Station shearing shed, how many sheep have walked over these floor boards?
Inside Dunlop Station shearing shed, wool press
Heard of Goats on Trilby Station
Old water tank on Trilby Station
New Chum’ homestead  where the Murray family lived it was built in the 1950s
 ‘New Chum’ homestead  lounge room, when the family moved to Trilby they left everything
‘New Chum’ homestead  kitchen
Old truck at the airport hanger at ‘New Chum’ part of Trilby Station
Old bus the fencers used to live in at the airport hanger at ‘New Chum’ part of Trilby Station
Old wearhouse Wilcannia
Old courthouse Wilcannia
Wilcannia council building
Sunset at White Cliffs
White Cliffs
White Cliffs mine drill holes
White Cliffs Solar Power Station information room
White Cliffs Solar Power Station
White Cliffs Solar Power Station information
White Cliffs sunset watching
White Cliffs sunset watching
Welcome to Broken Hill
View of Broken Hill from the Miners Memorial
Broken Hill Miners Memorial
Pro Harts sculpture Broken Hill
Broken Hill Miners Memorial on the hill and the Palace Hotel
Broken Hill rail museum
Pro Harts gallery. one of his Rolls Royce
Daydream mine tour below ground
Daydream mine tour below ground
Welcom to Silverton
The Silverton donkeys and Debbie
The famous Silverton Hotel and a Mad Max car
The Gaol Museum in Silverton and Sturt's Desert Pea
The Gaol Museum in Silverton Exercise area and toilet
The old church Silverton
Justin Cowz Gallery
Bottle top jeep
Inside Justin Cowz Gallery
Menindee Lake sunset
Menindee Lake sunset
Menindee Lake sunset
Darling River upstream of Main weir
Darling River downstream of Main weir
Approaching storm on the Menindee to Wilcannia dirt road
Approaching storm on the Menindee to Wilcannia dirt road
Approaching storm on the Wilcannia to White Cliffs road
Camel race at White Cliffs
Camel race at White Cliffs
Camel race at White Cliffs
Outback road north of White Cliffs
Wild flowers starting to bloom, road to Paroo Darling National Park
‘Peery Lake’ in  Paroo Darling National Park
Miners Memorial Cobar
Miners Memorial Cobar
Big Bogan in Nyngan
Camp in Nyngan beside the Bogan River
Willie Retreat close to the Macquarie Marshes
Willie Retreat, shearing shed looking north to Macquarie Marshes
Willie Retreat, their manmade wetlands, looking south east, with Macquarie Marshes in the distance.
Emu family at Willie Retreat
Our camp at Willie Retreat, the ground was a bit damp
On the road from Willie Retreat to Brewarrina lots of water around
Young Whistling Kite on the nest opposite the caravan park in Brewarrina on the Barwin River
 A portrait of Jimmy Little an Aboriginal Country music singer/songwriter
Our camp at the pub Burren Junction
View of Burren Junction Pub and camp in truck parking area
Burren Junction Post Office
Interesting old shop in Burren Junction
Looking along the train line to the grain silos and the old water tank in Burren Junction
Looking along the train line to the grain silos and the old water tank in Burren Junction
East of Narrabri Canola looking to Mt Kaputar
Copeton Dam Reflections Caravan Park
Copeton Dam Reflections Caravan Park
One of the many locals at Copeton Dam Reflections Caravan Park
Our last night stay at R & R Farm Stay
Bruce and Geoff at R & R Farm Stay
Leanne and Debbie at R & R Farm Stay
R & R Farm Stay
Leanne and Debbie at R & R Farm Stay
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