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.
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From Coast to Coast, We'll see it all.......One Day
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.
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Dave (Nutgrass)
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Carpe Diem - Seize the day!
You never get a second chance at a first impression, so make the first a good one.
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"!
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Warren
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If you don't get it done today, there's always tomorrow!
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.
