Peterborough to Rawnsley Park Days 15 to 18 182 kms Travelled We left Peterborough at 9:55am on our journey to The Flinders Ranges, travelling through Orroroo, Carrieton, Craddock and Hawker. Hawker is a town in the Flinders Ranges, 365 km north of Adelaide. It has a population of 229. The main economic activities in the area are tourism and pastoral runs of sheep and increasingly cattle. Hawker is 55 km south of Wilpena Pound, It was a thriving railway town...

Broken Hill to Peterborough Days 13 to 14 298 kms Travelled We left Broken Hill at 8:40am. Leo & Maureen left for Mildura at the same time. After travelling about 50 kilometres we crossed into South Australia at a little place called Cockburn. Cockburn has a population of roughly 25. Back in 1892 the town had become sizable, the population was 2,000. It boasted two hotels, two general stores, three boarding houses, schools and churches. Seven trains regul...

Cobar to Broken Hill Days 9 to 12 459 km Travelled We departed Cobar at 7:30am and headed back onto the Barrier Highway for todays journey to Broken Hill, a distance of 459 kilometres, after a leisurely morning drive we stopped at Emmdale Roadhouse, Wilcannia and Little Topar Roadhouse, situated 80 kilometers east of Broken Hill. The roadhouse services the busy tourist traffic between Broken Hill and the north/west pastoral district including Wilcannia and Whi...

Dubbo to Cobar Days 5 to 8 300 km travelled today After leaving Dubbo this morning we headed on to the Mitchell Highway for todays journey to Cobar.There are several interesting towns along the highway, including, Narromine, Trangie, Nevertire and Nyngan. We stopped at all of the towns for a look at their history and tourist attractions, and as it was ANZAC day we watched the parade through the streets in Trangie. Narromine is located about 40 kilometres we...

Sandy Hollow to Dubbo Days 2 to 4 233 km travelled today After a very pleasant stay at Sandy Hollow we made a leisurely exit from the park and headed along the Golden Highway toward Dubbo. This leg of the journey was very enjoyable with stops at Merriwa for lunch and a rest, and Dunedoo to fill up with petrol. Merriwa is a town in the far west of the Upper Hunter Valley. It is located on the Golden Highway, 273 kilometres northwest of Sydney and about half w...