We arose at 7.15am as our next drive was about 460k's to Cobar leaving the site at approx 8.47am.

Nothing spectacular on the drive across except that there far fewer goats to be seen until a few just prior to Cobar. The lady at Emmdale, where we picked up 40 litres of fuel whilst we had lunch, told us that the graziers were now making more money out of goats than sheep, and considered that maybe the numbers were down because of that. They ship them out live! So lets hope the greenies do not come to hear about that or another thriving industry will be shut down!

The country from Broken Hill out was even more lush than before and the fences were disappearing all the time with the exceptional growth. I found it quite fascinating considering all the times I have been up here in the past it was always like a semi desert area. We arrived at Cobar around 3pm so had a good choice of a site quite close to toilets.

We went for a walk and during that, Shirley asked me what was the amount we paid for the site. I said $28 per night until I looked at the credit card invoice and found I had only been charged for one night. On our return we represented it to the camp manager and paid the other $28.

Tonight we had the last of the precooked unfrozen meals we had in our fridge. It was a very flavorsome beef stew that we added peas and mashed potatoes for a great meal.

Then we watched a documentary on SBS describing a group of German archaeologists scientific findings about the Nasca plains in South America. Von Daniken had brought these mystifying mammoth sculptures to public notice in his book " Chariots of the Gods". They had been discovered in the 90's and were easily seen from the air by me on one of my Volvo trips to South America in the 1980's.

Both slept very well while recording a film called 'A Big Country' with Gregory Peck & Jean Simmons.