Cobar - Bourke

My turn to drive, I'll certainly not going to get any speeding fines, not doing 85 -90 km's in a 110km zone.
We leave behind the Lachlan River and head toward Bourke. We have seen hundreds of emu's and goat's during our drive today. Mark is checking out the goats, 'make good floor rugs' for the billiard room was one of his comments.

The vegetation during our travels today is amazing, going through vast open plains, very thick gums, then onto like a cypress tree's then to the odd tree and heaps of undergrowth.

"Cobar"

Our first stop for the day is Cobar, were we check out the visitors centre, stock up on supplies, drive up to the look out which overlooks the New Cobar Open Cut Gold Mine.

New Cobar Open Cut Gold Mine

And yes, had to take a photo of the most photographed icon in Cobar, the Big Beer Can.

The Big Beer Can

After some sightseeing and lunch, we headed off for Bourke. Well Bourke is a very interesting town, as we pull into town the first thing we notice is the police station and the large amounts of police cars outside the station. Drive down the main street and all the shop fronts have roller shutters on them. The local IGA has a large fence surrounding the carpark. We are not staying in town, so went in search of "The Kidman Way Caravan Park" 7km's out of town, at 'Northy' north Bourke. An oasis in the outback.