February 12, 2009
Long day driving through dry open grassland. At one point I stopped to listen to the silence and smell the smells. I could easily live here but I am not sure that anyone would visit me. Stations out here are anywhere from 10,000 to 50,000 acres in size so I would have plenty of elbow room.
We saw lots and lots of emus on either side of the road along with a few kangaroos. Once we stopped for some of the birds at the side of the road and a mother and two “chicks” (only 5 ft tall) walked right in front of the car.
Made it to Dubbo, a very big regional centre, by nightfall and planned to go to a big zoo there the next day. That night was very pleasant so we set up our tent at a local caravan park and settled in for the night. Shortly there after the sky opened up with thunder, lightening, high winds and lots of rain. Very considerately it stopped just before dawn except for a steady drizzle. Nothing like packing a wet tent to get your day off to a great start.
Went to the zoo but found the price of $39/adult to be too much for our price range so we were on the road again.
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