Cowra to Eyre Peninsular

We found a laundromat in Cowra, spent a fortune washing and drying clothes.

Went from Cowra, through the beautiful central plains, undulating hills, to Young and then to Cootamundra.

We decided to splurge on a motel which was great. We left there about 7.30am (can't get him to sleep in!) and decided to miss Wagga and drove to Junee then across to Darlington Point, where the church farm is. We drove in but one of the managers living there said that all the staff were at the local fair, so said to come back on Monday. We drove to a free camp mentioned in our free camp book but found it had been closed (our book is 4years old) so we just drove along the track beside the Murrumbidgee River and found a really pretty spot right beside the river, and we stayed there until Monday. It was great but some young kids were riding their motorbikes all Sunday afternoon, was about to say something when it started to get dark andthey were still going but I think the peopleup from us did. The noise was ok but the dirt they were kicking while we were preparing dinner was not.

We went to the church farm again. And met the guy in charge, who is Californian. He took our mission papaers and said the mission is ours if we still want it next August. He chatted to Charles about the farm for quite a while, he has a good sense of humour and says everyone there is pretty laid back. Then we Drove to Hay and are having a rest, boring stuff hey! . The only way this will make any sense is to have a map open when you are reading it so you can see where we are going.

We stopped at Euston on a lovely lake. There were a few vans there, the grey nomads stop about 3-4 o'clock each day. One of the vans had professional country and western singers on board and they were playing music (mouthorgan and squeeze box) till about 10pm. We watched a DVD so itdidn't worry us too much. In the morning we had a leisurely breakfast ,chatting to some of those people about us. Charles is very chatty to peoplewhen we are on the road, it is great.

I think Charles is going to push on to Port Augusta. We had Red Rooster for lunch and it so expensive, won't do that again.

We travelled through the back way , through Burra, past Clare and some other little towns,and decided to go to Port Pirie as, in all the times we have been past we have never been in to the town. It was a lovely historic town, we stayed the night so we could see the town in the daylight. Because we start off so early each morning (you know whose idea that is), none of the museums are open which is a pity because we coukd see what made the towns. Charles has a bit of gout in his feet so to look at a town we just drive through it, but it is still lovely to see all the historic buildings in SA.

The next morning we drove straight through Port Augusta and on to the Eyre Peninsular where we hope to camp for a few days.