Tibboburra to Eulo Via Reola

Up early to catch the famous Tibboburra sunrise but I've been duded again, yes it is overcast and raining but still very warm. The time is 7.45am and the rebels are yet to rise I wonder what could be the problem, maybe to much honky tonk. The time is near when I'll speak to these boys about the rules of outback travel, which are don't go to hard to early. There is still a long way to go on this outback adventure, on departure from Tibboburra we notice a women in her wedding dress on the balcony of the pub so stop to take some happy snaps. We head east some 300kms on the some of the roughest roads I have encountered and we call this fun .Some180 kms down down the road from hell we spot a sign pointing to Reola station ,as we drive another 28 kms to the south and arrive at the biggest shearing shed you would ever see . On meeting the owner of this huge sheep station who then gives us a guided tour of this vast shearing shed we were somewhat impressed, we continue heading east till we arrive at Wanaring for a lunch stop with no food available we settle for a ice cream . To the north lies Hungerford smack bang on the NSW ,,,,,,QLD boarder , road conditions have gotten worse but we push on. Arriving at the boarder Paul opens the gates and we begin the last 130kms to Eulo, our attraction to this very small QLD town is its mud baths. Accomadation at the EULO QUEEN hotel is fine so we head to the mud baths for some pampering , with 4 naked men bathing together and having a glass of red by the open fire let your mind wander ,it was not a pretty site. We head back to the pub for dinner and a well earned early night, maybe some meditation before we hit the sack as we ready ourselves for another day in the beautiful outback.....WADDA

Broken Hill to Tibboburra

Attaching photos is still a concern for for this dumb bum blogger as you may have noticed, but I'm working on this problem and hope to be able to rectify it soon. I now need to thank our sponsors for making this trip possible,to Bob and Marge Braidie the owners of Braidies Tavern in Strathfieldsaye thanks again for your support. The plan for today is to visit the historical town of Silverton then continue on to Tibboburra some 300kms toward the QLD boarder ,on the drive out to this lonely outpost I reflect on the early settlers plight who settled this region. As we scour the surrounds of this remote region investigating it's history we soon learn of the gold diggers plight on arrival in this area was of sheer disappointment,no water no gold . As we creep back into this very remote outback town bugger me dead if we don't come across one of the 2 local watering hole,as I open the money bag the eyes of the other 3 blokes become as big as dinner plates . I think there is trouble brewing in the camp, asWadda the tour director buckles to the pressure of these outback rebels we continue solve the problems of the world. Our outing takes us to the Tibboburra hotel where we meet a happy couple from Mt Evelyn on their honeymoon, after gas bagging for while we discover they have 9 kids between

As we return the Granite motel the sun has wfell and truly set on the tired and weary crew, now for photos of today's events I'll cross my fingers and toes and hope this all goes well for Wadda .  WADDA

Resting at Packsaddle 

Roadside communication 

Buying sheep at Silverton

Are you going to Tibboburra 

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Ouyen pub

It's time to go

The time has has come for these 4 brave souls to expose themselves to the wilds of outback Australia,with the big ford fuelled and ready to go we head west to Brim a small country town in the southern mallee to view the painted silos. The 70 km detour was well worth the effort, with some minor grumblings from the rear section of the car we arrive at this fantastic display of silo art . These paintings were completed by the world famous street artist Guido Van Helton in just over a month. As we point the big ford north and start to put the cool weather behind us , yes we are now officially heading to the Gulf region of northern Queensland.After a quick stop at Ouyen we continue up the Calder highway arriving at Mildura we grab a all day breakfast, we then begin to shop for supplies to take us further up north to our final destination. Beer and wine will also play a big part of our survival so these health drinks are soon loaded aboard. With Broken Hill our next stop we hot foot it for the next 300 kms through the south western NSW to this isolated city , off out for the evening meal at the Demo Club which we all enjoyed. We declare a early night so we can tackle the trip to Tibboburra tomorrow,who knows what lays ahead on these lonely dusty roads.       WADDA

Silo art

Where to from here

With 10 days to go until we begin our heroic journey to the outback things have fallen to s..t . Yes some very heavy rain has fallen on some of our chosen routes making it almost impossible to navigate  into some of the pristine locations we planned to visit. I will continue to monitor the QLD road closure website and try to have a plan B ready just in case some of these roads reopen , otherwise come Easter Sunday this group of hard core adventurers will be off like a dog shot in the arse.Where we go we do not care , this is all about us having fun over a 20 day period. We will be aiming for the Gulf region of Queensland to places like Burketown Karumba and also Cobbold Gorge,if we find the roads are impassible we will explore many other out of the way places. Just hope the 3 other blokes also share my dream to wander through this vast and beautiful country called Australia, more in 10 days when we depart.            WADDA