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20151031  We stop at each town mainly to stretch our legs, these towns may have had and colorful history but now appear to be on the verge of ghost’s towns.  I wonder how they keep surviving as most of them only have a pub and a small store, hence why I am always posting bloody pubs on my blog. Stopping at Brewarrina and guess what all that's here is another pub but what a grand old pub she is. Not only was Brewarrina a meeting ground for over 5,000 people but it is also known for its Aboriginal Stone Fisheries which at 40,000 years old, may be the oldest man-made structure on the planet.   In 1849 the Hospital Creek Massacre occurred as many as 400 Aboriginals died. We drove onto Collarenebri, meaning place of flowers and camped up for a couple of days in the free camp site with hot showers provided and all the town as is that you buy a drink or have a meal to help the town survive.  Barwon River, Des and I walked the town and the pub was ...

We didn’t stop at Wilcannia but as we passed over the bridge the water level of the Darling River had dropped dramatically from the time we were here in 2012 but it was still a muddy color.  Stopping at Cobar for the night and didn't bother doing to much as it is another town we had  visited. Our camp spot at Newey Lake at Cobar, not bad for a free camp.  We meet a couple of locals and had a few drinks with them and caught up on the local gossip. Des checking out free camping on the way to our next  destination,  Bourke in the morning. 30-10-2015   The Australian expression ‘Back of Bourke’ means about as far as you can go, Bourke is situated on the Darling River and is the centre of a large wool, cotton and citrus area and I had visions of a tin Pub in the middle of nowhere.   Henry Lawson wrote ‘If you know Bourke, you know Australia.’ Fred Hallows Grave at the Historical  Bourke C emetery. He spent his life helpin...

Now for the long tedious drive of around 800 ks of nothing but wide open planes from Peterbourgh to Cobar, I have no dealt this part of the trip is far worse the the Nullabor. A close line in the middle of nowhere, how creative, and it certainly gives yo u  something different  to look at. We stopped at the Olary to stretch our legs and found this sign, someone likes the ULYSSES. I wasn't kidding 800Ks of this. We stopped at Cockburn, to check out the town, thank god for little country pub, it gives you a reason to stop, or maybe it was the name that prompted the stop. I recon this could be a great little raging pub if your there at the right time and poor Des can't even have a beer. And that's it for Cockburn, a pub and a run down old School come Post Office. Proof we are getting closer to home, YAA. Bells Milk Bar in Bro...

20151026 After leaving the Yorke Peninsula we head to Snowtown a small town located in the mid North of South Australia or 145 km north of Adelaide and is more known for the Snowtown murders or bodies-in-barrels murders , could this be a hint. This is where it all happened, in this bank where a series of homicides were committed, and the trial was one of the longest and most publicised in Australia history.  Only one of the victims was killed in Snowtown and none of the eleven victims, nor the perpetrators were from the town.    Motivation for the murders is unclear, although the killers were led by Bunting to believe the victims were pedophiles, homosexuals or “weak”.  In at least some instances, the murders were proceeded by torture, and efforts were made to appropriate victims’ Centre link social security payments and bank funds.  The murders however led to a short-term economic boost from tourists visiting the town but created a lasting stigma. ...