What a night!
Phewwwwwwwwwww!
We sat around with nothing on trying to keep
cool. The poor dogs were so hot I threw water on them.
Eventually we went to sleep.
We spent a shocking night. With the generator going we can run our fan in the
caravan but it only scratched the surface trying to keep us cool.
Not only was it hot, but there were midgies, so I packed up early
and we headed for St George.
The breeze coming in the window was delicious at that time of the
day. But not for long!
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We ground on in the heat. Dry settlements came and went.
Nindigully, Thallon and South Tallwood. I wondered
how people survived in such dry areas.
At Mungindi we stopped for a break and bought some more cold drinks and a few sandwiches.
The air conditioned shop was heaven, but we had to get back to the poor
dogs to make sure they were cool too.Judy slept as I drove on through
new areas to me, Garah and Ashley. Eventually at Moree
I was back to familiar territory.
The road south through Gurley, Bellata and Edgeroi
to Narrabri was easy driving other than putting up with the odd
"cowboy" truck driver harassing me.
The Newell Highway, which is what I was driving on, is packed
with various trucks, most in a great hurry to get to their destinations.
Occasionally one gets really impatient having to follow a caravan and
"pushes" you by following so close that all you see in the rear vision
is his "bullbar". It's times like those that I start wondering if towing
a Caravan is such a great idea. Luckily most truck drivers are really
good.
Finally we pulled into the
Narrabri Showgrounds, booked in, and set up camp. |