OUTBACK NSW DAY 1 THURSDAY 16 MAY 2019

LAURA TO WAUKARINGA

We travelled first to Itali-Itali on the Wilmington-Quorn road then to Bruce, the Horseshoe, Carrieton, Oladdie Gorge, Johnburg and on to camp at the deserted goldmine of Waukaringa, north of Yunta.

Old Bruce bridge.
 

The Moockra Tower from The Horseshoe.

The Horseshoe has now been developed for bush tourism by its owners and has a variety of options including bush camping, an old cottage ...
 

Approaching Oladdie Gorge.

 

 Lunch in a creek north of Johnburg.

The Moomba to Adelaide natural gas pipe-line.

Station country out on the plain east of the range.

Old Waukaringa Hotel.

Campsite at Waukaringa - all ours with no other campers.

Waukaringa sunset.

OUTBACK NSW ; 16-29 MAY 2019

As well as responding to a part of Australia that we have not visited, this trip was a trial of using our trailer for bush travel. Our swag was mounted on the trailer with the space beneath providing storage for other camp furniture - stove, table, seats etc. Our final judgement of the trailer was that we actually prefer sleeping with the swag on the ground and that dust leakage into the trailer was a major problem for us.

The itinerary was planned to be flexible with no pre-bookings. This proved fortunate when flooding from the Paroo River caused some road closures and one fuel stop was out of diesel. We also found one track on the map that was not there, necessitating an unplanned second visit to Broken Hill.

The final result was very satisfying and a great trip.