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In July and August 2004, together with Les and Eslyn and Gayle, Jeff was unable to take time off, we set off in two vehicles to travel the Birdsville Track from the south to the north and see a number of other sights as well. This edition is made up of some of the pics from the trip. Part 1 is from Oakey to Louth on the Darling River in New South Wales |
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A map of our route shown in red |
Ready to leave Oakey, Merv and Marg in Pajero from Harveys |
Second puncture in first hour...and last of whole trip |
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Hotel at Hebel on NSW and Qld border |
Artistic work on pub wall at Hebel |
More art work Hebel Pub by John Murray |
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Watching work with opals at Lightning Ridge |
Marg in a walk-in opal mine at Lightning Ridge |
Marg and Gayle inside opal mine |
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Old house made of bits and pieces at Lightning Ridge |
House being built using 20 litre drums filled with concrete |
Castle style house built of rocks at Lightning Ridge |
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John Murray's studio at Lightning Ridge |
Tilpa Hotel on the Darling River |
Marg, Eslyn and Les inside the Tilpa Hotel |
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Left our names on the grafitti wall there also |
Painting at town entrance to Bourke |
Wall painting by young folk of Bourke |
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Marg on the old paddle wheel wharf at Bourke |
Court House Bourke |
Post Office Bourke |
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Monument to and grave of eye surgeon Fred Hollows at Bourke |
old bridge across Darling able to be raised to allow passage of paddle steamers |
Paddle wheel boat Jandra on the Darling River near Bourke |
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Marg waiting to go for a ride on the Jandra |
Corellas in a dead tree at Bourke |
A flock of corellas feeding on the ground |
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Small flock of black cockatoos, unknown variety, also came by |
Bridge over the Darling at Louth |
River red gum at Louth on the Darling River |
