Safely in NSW again

Once again, no border checks and we just  drove straight through from Adelaide to Broken Hill.  A big drive but we now know there are no impediments in the way for us to reach home so we can relax.  And hopefully the short time we spent in the infected city have left us untouched by the nasty virus.  The brief brush with it was sobering. after eight months being safe, locked in WA.

The Sculpture Park just outside Broken Hill.  In 1992, a huge amount of earth and rocks were moved in order to build this sculpture park.  Fred Hollows was involved and he is buried somewhere here.

A view of Broken Hill from the hill where the park is situated.

Broken Hill Town Hall.

Some other attractive building in the town.

The Cobar town sign.  It was a town that was very kind to us.

On a stinking hot day, the lady at the Visitors Centre told us that if we had seniors cards we could go to the town pool for free.  In fact, a pensioner's card is what was required but the pool lady let us in for free anyway.  It is a lovely complex and the cool down was very much appreciated.

The Municipal buildings in Cobar.

Mural on the toilet block in Cobar.

The open-cut mine at the edge of Cobar.  What used to be a town for copper mining is now mining for gold.

From here we are slowly meandering towards Canberra.  Frankly, we would rather be home now but we want to do the right thing by Annie and Peter and not dislodge them from what has been their home for the last eight months.  

The Bogan statue at Nyngan in the Bogan Shire.

More silo art at Dunedoo.  Here we had a guy on a crane touching up the artwork.

Bronze eagle.

Replica of old Cobb and Co carriage on display in Nyngan.

Another town mural on the Dunedoo public toilet block.

The charming old town of Gulgong where most of the old buildings have been preserved and the frontispieces intact - thus we get the Butcher's Cafe.  

Hotel.