Thread: A New Adventure Begins

Well, here we are in Bourke, 1/2 way to Birdsville. Been a great drive so far (for Ken..... remember I have no licence). Going to stay here for a break tomorrow and have a look around.
One comment though..... the drive from Nyngan to Bourke..... the litter on the roadside is disgusting! Not sure whether it’s the trickiest or the nomads but there are water bottles from arsehole to breakfast all the way along .
Bourke is a nice town however. Will know more tomorrow when we get to look around a bit.
Decided to take a little side trip to Tombpine pub, nice memories from a trip with Kyle a couple of years ago

Why solely blame the grey nomads for the rubbish??
Most of this mob have water tanks in their vans, They fill their water bottles up as they go and they don't chuck them out of the window.
I have found that the young crews and Mum, Dad and a bunch of kids mob tend to trash the area much more than the old farts do.

Should get cleaner soon, NSW has bought in a bottle refund scheme. Made a big difference already around Moree!

Originally Posted by trout1105

Why solely blame the grey nomads for the rubbish??
Most of this mob have water tanks in their vans, They fill their water bottles up as they go and they don't chuck them out of the window.
I have found that the young crews and Mum, Dad and a bunch of kids mob tend to trash the area much more than the old farts do.

I didn’t blame it solely on the grey nomads, I said I wasn’t sure if it was the truckies (it got auto corrected) or the nomads.

I have noticed a few people with utes picking up, so hopefully it will get cleaned up. Just amazes me that people just chuck it all out the window.

Well on Saturday we finally reached Birdsville. It really is a special place and the people here are super friendly.
The road from Windorah is a bit rough, with LOTS of rocks from marble size to tennis ball. They did a bit of damage to some wiring under the trailer and knocked some paintwork around, other than that, all good.
If you’re coming up this way, I strongly suggest that you avoid buying fuel at Quilpie! $178.9/ltr. In Birdsville and most other places it’s around $1.55.

The park is very busy already and all the regular sites are booked for the Bas in July. There are about 200 ‘overflow’ site that will become available about July 1st, so if you’re thinking of making the trip, make sure you ring to book (07 46563214).

The weather here atm is lovely. Day time temps around 25, evenings are cool, but not cold.

Anyway, off to work I e to see some aulronians up here soon

Stick to short stay tourism oriented parks. Avoid parks with a high percentage of permanent residents. These latter are unfortunately often welfare ghettos.

Originally Posted by wardy1

Well on Saturday we finally reached Birdsville. It really is a special place and the people here are super friendly.
The road from Windorah is a bit rough, with LOTS of rocks from marble size to tennis ball. They did a bit of damage to some wiring under the trailer and knocked some paintwork around, other than that, all good.
If you’re coming up this way, I strongly suggest that you avoid buying fuel at Quilpie! $178.9/ltr. In Birdsville and most other places it’s around $1.55.

The park is very busy already and all the regular sites are booked for the Bas in July. There are about 200 ‘overflow’ site that will become available about July 1st, so if you’re thinking of making the trip, make sure you ring to book (07 46563214).

The weather here atm is lovely. Day time temps around 25, evenings are cool, but not cold.

Anyway, off to work I e to see some aulronians up here soon

I've stayed there. Friendly they were. How is the river? Across the river there is even a beach and picnic area. Water is a bit greasy though. Have you had a camel pie yet?

Going to try the camel pie tomorrow
The river is pretty high right now, have t had time to explore down there much yet..... as already said, it’s bloody busy here!

We won’t be getting involved I Park’s with permanents. Bee warned by several people in the industry already.