Comfort Inn Hay

... dinner and heading to bed in a very warm caravan. After doing alot of driving durng the heat of the day the caravan heats up alot so the fantastic aircon we have definately gets a workout on days like this!<br>An early getaway to drive closer to Sydney.

... br>Route will be Leeton, Temora, Young, Yass, Goulburn, Picton and then Cronulla Sydney - the end yay!<br><br>From about Young, it will become more hilly, so the ride will be a bit more varied and interesting. I like hills!<br><br>Can't believe it's gone so quickly - it's been a great adventure, so will have mixed feelings when I get to Sydney. But really looking forward to seeing Veronica when we finish in Cronulla.<br><br>Stayed tuned for the last week!<br><br>

After a week of rain in Adelaide, I have once more arrived in Sydney. The drive over was not quite what I had expected. I have gotten used to the sights of the Australian bush, but the landscape around Hay is something else altogether. For about 150km either side of Hay, there is nothing. The land is absolutely flat, the road is straight, there is what looks vaguely like swamp land on either side of the road, with no trees, no livestock ...

... here is very flat, open farm land that has crops and sheep grazing. We checked out the free camp on the Murrumbidgee River just on the outskirts of town but not much shade so we decided to check out the Showgrounds. Arrived there to be met by Stephanie who advised it was $8 per night and there was power and hot showers and as we were the only ones there we could connect up to the water tap so had running water. We ...

Today was out biggest day of travel as we drove from The Entrance all the way to a little place in the dessert called Hay. We drove for over 12 hours today and I am fully exhausted. Not helping my sickness for sure. Almost hit four different Kangaroo's in the dark which made ...

... mill, still remaining today. I took over the driving into Wagga Wagga (its said "Wogga" amongst the locals, we were told!), which is Australia's largest inland town, leading us to believe that inland towns weren't really what Australia does best as it was pretty underwhelming at best! The next main place was Narrandera, which was hardly worth mentioning ...

... my photos (if mine were OK, and if I had taken then shot Ted's camera missed). I also remember that we went down to the old station building after dark to photograph it floodlit - quite impressive. I do also know we had another of Mum's recipes for dinner - oeuflets - these are egg-based patties made with bread and herbs. Good old fashioned meal, which neither of us has had for at least 20 years, maybe longer.

... Have remade Ted's bed, and the rest of the stuff has gone into the dryer. He is reading whilst I write this diary. The rest of the day we will just rest - this sightseeing and touristy stuff is exhausting. Off to the library tomorrow - this one only charges $1 with no time limit (and they kick off the kids playing games for you!!) Tonight roasted meat loaf for dinner (I hope). Next report will hopefully be from Deniliquin, if we can find the internet facility.

Up with the larks because today we move. And we have to stow the bed flies which we used during our stay in Griffith. And they are wet. And they are extremely difficult to get back into their little bags which are attached to the roof of the van. And do up the zips!! I have to admit in my world, the larks don't get up all that early, about 7:30 really. We were ready to go about 9:30, all packed and only the hitching up to do. The park owner turned up ...

Before leaving Wagga Wagga we went in to town and visited the Glass ... it was full of 'glass' and nothing else, a few bits were interesting, but not much else. Also, I bought a ring from a cheapo jewellers as my ring I got from J'Burg airport last year snapped... I feel without a ring on my finger... and that is not a pretty sight! After leaving Wagga Wagga, we arrived at Hay... Stu drove the 400km's here and ...