LEODESTRAVELOZZ

20250608 The Grawin, is a group of opal fields that makes up, Glengarry, Sheepyard, and Mulga Rush. Opals were first discovered in 1905 by Charles Phipp while working on Morendah Station just east of Grawin, before mining was even thought of in this area. It was in 1908 when Hammond Hill first discovered Opal and Grawin was established, then came Richard Hill in 1920,  mining was a lot more difficult than that of today using a picks and shovels and was all done by the light of a candle. It was in 1928, an opal named ‘The Light of the Worlds’, the size of a man’s fist and weighed 0.45kg was discovered causing a flurry of activity and inflow of miners seeking to make their fortune. The entrance to the classic outback Sheep Yard Inn Step inside and the walls are covered with quirky quotes and memorabilia. Pool Tables of the outback. SERVICE WALL where ex-military members can sign their names and connect with old colleagues. This poor Chappy didn’t know what hit him when I snapped his ...

20250605 We left Gravesend for a 20k drive down the road to Pallamallawa for the night and have lunch at the Pally Pub, entering the town we realised we’ve been here before. The meals were lovely and probably a little bit cheaper than some pub these days. We stopped  at the bakery in Moree when a guy asked Des if he’s travelling, yes he said, I can tell said the guy it’s always the scruffy ones that get the good looking woman, well! I peed laughing, but really, Des wasn’t dressed too bad for a change. We camped at Collarenebri for the night, Oo dear, there’s a football game tomorrow and the grounds will be flooded with the locals so we’re out of here tomorrow, Bulldogs an all black team, although it would probably be a good game to watch.  20250607 It’s busy in Collarenebri today with the football game on, there’s people coming from all directions as we head to Cumborah to camp a few day with Karan and Gary who offered to drive us into the pubs in the scrub, yay! I finally get...