The last few days or "we're now in Broken Hill!!"....

So.....we travelled through the red dirt toward Tilpa, a tiny town (population Of 6!!) the kids were allowed to write their names on the walls for a small donation to the Royal Flying Doctors...what an awesome little dot on the map, plenty of history and a pub that is the essence of an outback pub, oddly enough the lady working behind the bar was from Culburra!! Back on the road we got diverted an extra 100km around a closed road to arrive at a 84,000acre sheep station with 16,000 sheep (& 99 cattle)! 2 nights out here to emerse ourselves in life on the land. There was horses, dirt bikes, 4x4's, yabbying, shooting (yep...shooting), riding around the property on the back of utes, lots of meat and beer, and lots of good old fashioned country hospitality...thank you Glenora, you guys were awesome! We arrived in Broken Hill yesterday to the high pitched squeals of Bridie screaming "there's a Maccas, there's a Maccas, there's a Maccas"....so Maccas was lunch followed by a quick look around. We set up at a small van park, showers and washing were a bit of a luxury so everyone indulged! A very average pub meal (the comment "that was crap on a stick.... Not worth digging a hole for" (don't ever go to the Theatre Royal Hotel)!!! Today (Tuesday) were spent the day exploring Silverton, a beautiful Old world country town full of art galleries, mad max memorabilia, amazing colours....the full outback picture! We made a detour off track down to a dry river bed to give sand driving a go so after lunch we hit it......& I got bogged (only because that bloody Patrol stopped in front of me), so we spent the next hour and a hfdigging the Amrok out followed by using the snatch strap! Good practice & lots of fun! . We then checked out the view from the top of the massive tailings heap across the middle of The town! ! Another pub meal (bit better this time)......check all the photos out on facebook and we'll aim to keep the blog updated a bit more regularly!! Stay tuned.....