The streets of Roma are lined with massive Bottle trees, an unusual sight for me.
Woolworths was our next stop to top up our larders and a chemist for Nicki then asked at Mitre 10 for a cheap fold up chair and they have them for $11. The idea is that Harry might like to sit in a chair instead of trying to fit himself on Nicki's lap. Harry was at home in his new chair and close enough for pats from an out stretched hand from Nicki. I bought one for Ruby as well.
Still on the Warrego Hwy our next stop is Mitchell, continuing on for another 3kls passing the town to the camp at the Neil Turner Weir, a great expanse of camps spread along the waters edge.
There is tap water and toilets situated near the middle of the camp area. If it wasn't grey days we could have stayed there for a few days no problem at all.
Since we left home we haven't set up the solar panels at all but, I'm thinking we are getting closer to the days that power won't be as freely available for a cheap fee therefore we'll be using solar more regularly.
The cloud bank hanging over this state is a bugger as it is impacting on the decisions we make regarding our direction to the Dig Tree, figuring we won't be near the area for at least another week I'm hoping we get clear sky's and dry mud.
We're in the outback now....open expanses....Nicki in the rear view mirror.
Waking up Friday morning...not to early! I had the feeling that we should move out as soon as possible, aiming to arrive at Morven for a $5 a night camp only 90kl away, I've been told to get there early if we want a powered site. We arrived here at about 10.30 and thinking that only one powered site was free we busied ourselves trying to figure out how to share the one power point. Nicki was lucky enough to find another power spot at the other end of camp after a quick walk around, we are a distance away from each other but that's ok.
Saturday night, Nicki's door handle to the motor home broke off and with torches in hand, I tried to open the door with the broken off part and had success after a bit of fiddling. This meant that she could open the door from the inside but not from the outside, so I advised her to keep something in the door jam to keep the door open while she was outside.
Hamburg Creek, originally known as Saddlers Waterhole, is where the early settler Captian T J Sadleir and his wife camped and is the first site of Morven town, later becoming a rest stop beside the creek for Cobb & Co. The area is flood prone so I imagine that's the reason the town is now further away.
The cattle duffer (thief) Harry Redford and two friends stole 600-1000 cattle in the1800's from Queensland and drove them to Adelaide through country that defeated Burke and Wills. The cattle arrived in prime condition.
Harry's trial in 1873 found him 'not guilty' of the crime.
Rained during the night and after lunch Sunday so settled in with the footy, go the Dogs!
Bugger that! they lost....
Monday morning Nicki drove into Charleville to see about her door latch. Returning around lunch time with the news that the guy she called, could fix it, we just have to wait for the part to arrive at his work shop which could take a few days so....we are still here at Morven. Luckily we can stay 7 days, but just on the quiet...I think a few caravan's have been here way over the designated time.
When Nicki was away she lost her parking spot but is now parked nearer to me while she waits for someone to leave to plug into power, a lovely fellow nearby allowed her to double up and use his power socket.
There's panic every morning! when one camper disconnects the power and moves off, another will move into the spot or race over with power lead in hand to connect up before anyone else beats them to it. A motor home larger than mine parked so close to me I could shake hands with him through the side window of my van even though there is no other vans on that side and plenty of room to spread out. Jumping out of bed I said to him "hey hang on! you are blocking my sun" meaning he is to close to my space, he took it to be a joke. Some rude people just don't realise there is such a thing as camping etiquette like, not parking on top of another, it's not the same as a caravan park, all squeezed in like sardines?
Tuesday sunny followed by storms in the evening and I've finally caught up with my blog.
