Day 4

Day 4

• Wilcannia to broken hill. Only 2 and a half hours so could go for a nice early morning walk with mojo and sit with coffee enjoying the morning sun. 
• Mojo very interested in resident emu Rosetta
• Invited guests into van for coffee Kelly and Norma from Brisbane! Norma is Peruvian so lots to talk about i.e. Lima, mavu pichu
• Drive to broken hill on straighest road, a corner or slight hill was exciting! 
• Since we left have only seen 3  live kangaroos and not as many dead ones as we expected. Due to lots of feed and water apparently they don't come down to the roadsides a lot
• Broken hill is a big mining town with streets named chloride sulphide oxide 
• Not very pretty with big mine on hill one side separting town from hills on other sides
• Went to sculpture park where 58 tons of beautiful sandstone moved to top of hill and several international and Australian sculptors did their thing
• Then out to thackaringa where marks mum childhood schoolfriend Pam Lord lives 
• Huge sheep property of 300 sq miles
• Pam went there after she married John in 1948! Arrived to be greeted by a dozen shearers wanting lunch. The female cook had left because she couldn't share the kitchen with another woman! Pam a very elegant well spoken lady said" well what could I do? I took off my hat put on an apron and cooked lunch! "
• Beautiful homestead and we had a formal dinner - roast lamb of course- in the dining room. They were most hospitable and enjoyable company at 92 and 88 years old. 
• Van hooked up to power in their driveway and could have nespresso listening to morning birds, working Kelpie dogs waking and motor bikes starting up to go and check the boundaries of the property!