Wednesday 05/11/08 Yunta to Cobar
Upand going earlish for the 200kms to Broken hill, again very similar to NT, with the low scrub, red dirt stretching out to the the horizon. In Broken Hill the overcast sky cleared. Stopped for a coffee and a chat to more motorcycle heads and then went for a look over the local area from the top of the slag heap.
Rode east to Wilcannia, through a vast ever changing landscape, a real feeling of space, with no time..
Stopped in Wilcannia for a roast beef roll and gravy...ahhh...roadhouse food. Wilcannia looked like a nice old town, but fair amount of Aboriginal kids just hanging out for something to happen, strong feeling of lack of purpose and direction, not dissimilar to the famous Turkey Creek.
261 Kms on to Cobar - Wild west still, masses of Red/Orangey dirt , high and then low scrub in places, sometimes stands of Eucalypts in the beautiful barren landscape, but always that massive blue sky.
Way to much wildlife last 100kms into Cobar, Roos, Sheep and thousands of Goats, and more Roo roadkill per km, than at any other place on the trip.
Set up on the edge of Cobar and shot into town to the RSL - classic country chinese cuisine :-)
660 kms today, a fair slog, but good, both bikes hanging in there...go the girls
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