Wandilla Station

On Friday night, we went out of our way to find Wandilla Station, as we wanted to continue experiencing camping on working stations rather than regular camp grounds.

The clue we had to look out for was the SpongeBob SquarePants mail box!

Who could miss it?  Well, it was a bit off the beaten track, about 15 kilometres south of the little town of Eulo.

The red earth gets me every time.

We had the choice of camping anywhere on the station, but as we're not totally self sufficient, we stayed close by the amenities and used the camp kitchen to prepare our dinner.

There were many photo opportunities which I'm sharing here.

The above sheds house accommodation and the camp kitchen.

Camp anywhere!

We were desperate for the chance to do laundry and there it is...a little hut housing the washing machine!

We hung our laundry between the trees.  We were worried it would not dry in time before we set off in the morning.

After bidding farewell to David we set off to visit the town of Eulo.

We did a little shopping before doing some sightseeing.

Lizard Racing Track?

It's obvious that out Eulo way, people like to have some fun!

Life-size Diprotodon statue.

Fossils of these giant megafauna have been found in the Eulo area.

The Eulo Queen Hotel is said to have been owned by Isabel Gray, a pub owner and three times married gambler, opal dealer and self proclaimed Queen of Eulo (or so the legend goes).

On our way out of town, there was no shortage of emus. 

The emus don't really like sightseers so it was a bit difficult to capture them but I felt determined as I promised our Grand Daughter some photographs of emus.

Snapshots of Thargomindah

The coffee, (surprise, surprise,) was exceptional in Thargomindah.

I even managed to get an affogato!

You Are Here

Fourth of July we find ourselves at Nockatunga Station.

All that pointing at the place on the map inside the Noccundra Hotel has almost wiped it off the map. 

The 'township' consist of the hotel and Noccundra Hall.

Last night we camped by the Wilson River.

Free camping with hot showers provided about a five hundred metre walk to arrive alongside the Noccundra Hotel.  A gold coin donation paid for the showers, except by the time we arrived there the water was tepid.

Nonetheless, we showered.

We had hoped to have dinner at the pub, but the publican advised us that he'd run out of food, what was left would feed his in-house guests and that he was off to Broken Hill in the morning to get more supplies.

Well, we've all heard of the pub with no beer...

So we supped on some soup heated up on the camp stove.

This morning, as we trudged to the amenities, we were enthralled by the the superb sunrise.

The camp ground was well endorsed last night. Some campers have obviously been here before, or are long-time campers and utilised their push bikes to conquer the distance between camp and bathroom.  Perhaps they're just well prepared as many grey nomads take everything including the kitchen sink and satellite dish with them as they converse our great country. 

I guess having a means of un-motorised transport to visit the loo means being able to camp a little bit further away from the main camp.

Today, we're off to Thargomindah, about one hundred and forty kilometres away...after we have morning tea at the pub.