Last Friday Des had the opportunity to go and see the size of the mining area around Lightning Ridge. It literally covers hundreds of square klms. I had a day with Sue, our host, and she polished an opal for me. I was lucky enough to have a go myself also. I had found it on the dump site. It turned out absolutely beautiful and I can wear it later as a pendant. Well we had a very cold and bleak day last Sunday on the mine site. Drizzled ALL day, but on Saturday it was a little better so our hosts came for lunch. It was lovely, sitting out in the open. Sunday we did a bit of packing and on Monday morning we drove off. It was really sad to say farewell to such lovely people.
Monday night we camped on the river bank at Brewarrina. The Barwon R. is flooding at the moment and it was just a beautiful spot. I managed to catch 3 fish (yellowbelly we think - beautiful cooked in alfoil on the barby), Des - nil at this point in time. This spot had flush toilets and cold showers. It was so nice, we decided to stay two nights. Wednesday morning there was a mass exodous from the place. We arrived in Bourke about 11am and set about washing the mountain of clothes. Bourke hasn't changed since we were here about 5 years ago. All the shopfronts still have the roller doors on them and those left unprotected are broken. We have checked with the Info. centre and they tell us the Darling run is open. So on Friday afternoon we will make another check also with the local council and if all is OK we will head off down there on Saturday morning. Will post some more picks. Keep in touch.
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| What a beauty. Anyway, it was good eating |
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| view from the door of van at Brewarrina |
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