Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Idalia to Wilcannia

From Idalia we travelled to Tilpa which is another town comprising one pub and a rural fire brigade. Tilpa has a very long and steep boat ramp to get boats from the road down to the river. We were too early to have a beer so we didn't see the inside of the corrugated iron pub. We did the shortest heritage walk in the country - from one side of the street to the other. Tilpa also boasts the only cemetery in the country with no graves.

After a brief visit we decided to drive on to Wilcannia following the Darling River. The drive was over 140km of variable dirt road – ranging from fine dust to rough corrugations to wide sandy stretches. There were cattle, sheep, emus and kangaroos on this leg. Very few vehicles passed us and the two other caravaners we saw simply stopped in the middle of the road to have a chat about the road conditions.

We will stay at Wilcannia for a few days and explore the surrounding area from our base at the caravan park named Warrawong on the Darling. It is set on a large property with river access and modern facilities. Instead of cooking dinner tonight we paid to share in the tucker made by the owners in camp ovens near the open fire which consisted of lamb stew, honey chicken drumsticks, roast potatoes, pumpkin and greens, followed by vanilla slice.

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