Why you should take your next holiday in a drought-affected town....
kiwijims said
10:57 AM Aug 17, 2018
Travellers say it is important to see the country during the drought as well as the good times.
"Buy a coffee, refuel, stay the night, go to the supermarket, because that is a really tangible way of helping all the people in our community."
"You only really appreciate how amazing this country is when you have seen the dry times and are able to come back again and see how it responds when the rain does eventually come,"
Truck carts hay Brindingabba Station 2018 drought
"Wherever possible, we like to support the smaller places rather than the you-beaut big places they wouldn't miss a hundred dollars from us, but for a small town that's a lot of money for store keepers."
It's sad to see the empty shops in these towns and I think travellers as we are spending money wherever we go, it's got to be helping the economy of the little towns and the bigger ones as we go through them,
K.J.
Dave1952 said
12:33 PM Aug 17, 2018
Very valuable comment K.J.
Desert Dweller said
05:56 AM Aug 18, 2018
We're two days into a two month trip that will include staying in Cobar, Nyngan, Brewarinna, Bourke, Wilcannia, White Cliffs & Broken Hill.
Things looked unusually dry for late winter on the plains around Hay!
There are lots of road trains around with feed on them.
We're currently at Hillston CP for the night, lots of nomads washing their cars & caravans despite water being scarce.
They weren't dirty in the first place, obviously trying to keep up appearances.
We'll wash ours when we get back to Melbourne.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Saturday 18th of August 2018 06:12:27 AM
Dave1952 said
08:09 AM Aug 18, 2018
We travelled across the Hay Plains about 20 years ago and you would have thought we were in the Great Sandy Desert. Wind blown sand piled up on fence lines, no grass and no water.
Watch when you get to Broken Hill, DD, the emus have invaded the down looking for feed and water.
They were around the edge of town when I was there in January this year. As you head out to Silverton, you will see the wind farm on the Barrier Range to your right. Very noticeable.
JayDee said
08:30 AM Aug 18, 2018
We love the outback, and as such are great supporters of all the small type businssin the towns.
So the longer we linger the more we spend.
Everyone suffers during a prolonged drought. We hope aour $$$$ help in some small way.
Jay&Dee
Aus-Kiwi said
09:04 AM Aug 18, 2018
Not washing your car isnt going to help the farmers . No more the not cutting the lawns at home .
aussie_paul said
03:04 PM Aug 18, 2018
Aus-Kiwi wrote:
Not washing your car isnt going to help the farmers . No more the not cutting the lawns at home .
Aussie Paul.
Desert Dweller said
06:25 PM Aug 18, 2018
Aus-Kiwi wrote:
Not washing your car isnt going to help the farmers . No more the not cutting the lawns at home .
Definitely not, but it will deplete the towns water supply in some cases, that's why some CPs have signage up asking campers not to wash their toys.
Warren-Pat_01 said
10:11 PM Aug 20, 2018
DD,
We missed you! We stayed at Lake Cargelico, then Bourke before spending three nights at Bowra. LC is on Lev 5 restrictions but still turned on good birds at the sewerage works. The CP managers were quite helpful with their advice (yes, we'll return on another trip).
I found the best way to get rid of (some of Bowra's dust) - drive on a bumpy & corrugated road (bitumen) & that shakes the dust off!
Arrived at St George this afternoon - sign at the western edge of town said "Level 1 restrictions" but found it was a few years old. Most lawns are very dead, the Pelican's Rest CP asks that grey water is let go on the ground - they are watering but only very scant. Just before StG, we stopped off for a drink & ice cream at Bollon.
We must have seen over 500 dead roos, dozens of dead emus on the road/edge of the roads from Lake Cargelico to Cunnamurra. Heard two truckies talking about 1/2 dead kangaroos standing on the roads "begging the trucks to put them out of their misery"!
Farmhat said
04:18 PM Aug 21, 2018
Warren-Pat_01 wrote:
We must have seen over 500 dead roos, dozens of dead emus on the road/edge of the roads from Lake Cargelico to Cunnamurra. Heard two truckies talking about 1/2 dead kangaroos standing on the roads "begging the trucks to put them out of their misery"!
Recently counted over 200 dead roos in less than two minutes on the highway through the Flinders Ranges in SA. Also many emus to add to that.
Joe
RosieW said
08:12 AM Aug 22, 2018
Roos are starving in places (Maranoa). Emus not much better. Pigs and goats, however, seem to be flourishing.
Farmhat said
12:23 AM Aug 28, 2018
Emus walking around the streets of Peterborough SA.
The school had to shut down one day to remove several dozen from the school grounds.
Travellers say it is important to see the country during the drought as well as the good times.
"Buy a coffee, refuel, stay the night, go to the supermarket, because that is a really tangible way of helping all the people in our community."
"You only really appreciate how amazing this country is when you have seen the dry times and are able to come back again and see how it responds when the rain does eventually come,"
Truck carts hay Brindingabba Station 2018 drought
"Wherever possible, we like to support the smaller places rather than the you-beaut big places they wouldn't miss a hundred dollars from us, but for a small town that's a lot of money for store keepers."
It's sad to see the empty shops in these towns and I think travellers as we are spending money wherever we go, it's got to be helping the economy of the little towns and the bigger ones as we go through them,
K.J.
We're two days into a two month trip that will include staying in Cobar, Nyngan, Brewarinna, Bourke, Wilcannia, White Cliffs & Broken Hill.
Things looked unusually dry for late winter on the plains around Hay!
There are lots of road trains around with feed on them.
We're currently at Hillston CP for the night, lots of nomads washing their cars & caravans despite water being scarce.
They weren't dirty in the first place, obviously trying to keep up appearances.
We'll wash ours when we get back to Melbourne.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Saturday 18th of August 2018 06:12:27 AM
Watch when you get to Broken Hill, DD, the emus have invaded the down looking for feed and water.
They were around the edge of town when I was there in January this year. As you head out to Silverton, you will see the wind farm on the Barrier Range to your right. Very noticeable.
We love the outback, and as such are great supporters of all the small type businssin the towns.
So the longer we linger the more we spend.
Everyone suffers during a prolonged drought. We hope aour $$$$ help in some small way.
Jay&Dee
Aussie Paul.
Definitely not, but it will deplete the towns water supply in some cases, that's why some CPs have signage up asking campers not to wash their toys.
We missed you! We stayed at Lake Cargelico, then Bourke before spending three nights at Bowra. LC is on Lev 5 restrictions but still turned on good birds at the sewerage works. The CP managers were quite helpful with their advice (yes, we'll return on another trip).
I found the best way to get rid of (some of Bowra's dust) - drive on a bumpy & corrugated road (bitumen) & that shakes the dust off!
Arrived at St George this afternoon - sign at the western edge of town said "Level 1 restrictions" but found it was a few years old. Most lawns are very dead, the Pelican's Rest CP asks that grey water is let go on the ground - they are watering but only very scant. Just before StG, we stopped off for a drink & ice cream at Bollon.
We must have seen over 500 dead roos, dozens of dead emus on the road/edge of the roads from Lake Cargelico to Cunnamurra. Heard two truckies talking about 1/2 dead kangaroos standing on the roads "begging the trucks to put them out of their misery"!
Recently counted over 200 dead roos in less than two minutes on the highway through the Flinders Ranges in SA. Also many emus to add to that.
Joe
Emus walking around the streets of Peterborough SA.
The school had to shut down one day to remove several dozen from the school grounds.
Joe