Before leaving it was decided we would drive the scenic way down to the border via the Minindi Lake & following the Darling River all the way down. Minindi lake is part of the Kinchega National Park. The lake does not have any water in it and it looks like this may have been the case for many many years. The Darling River has a little water in in at this point. Matt & Jacko needed one more dirt road fix before we head off on the bitumen down to Melbourne.
The drive was along vast spaces of nothing but we did see a lot of Emus & Goats. We found out later that night from Peters wife Mandy that the goats are not owned by anyone in particular and the farmers just look after them if they stay on their land. The River starts to get a lot of water in it and when it meets the Murray we see a lot of water. It's nice to see a river with flowing water, it feels like forever since we've seen water where it should be. The territory is very dry.
Finally arriving in Wentworth we said our goodbyes to the Jackson family. It will be strange not travelling with these guys, we have had a lot of fun with them, but they are heading to Mildura to stay and we are off to Gol Gol.
My cousins family moved up here a couple of years ago and we thought it was time we stayed for a visit, the offer from Mandy to stay in a house with a heater definately made the offer very sweet. We had a good catch up over a couple of drinks & homemade pizza. Chloe had a good catch up with there kids Grace, Harry & Ben. We only see the cousins once a year at Christmas so it was a nice visit.
Tomorrow we finally make the last 600km drive home.
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