Friday, 29 June 2012

We are now on You Tube!

Its called RussellAndChuck..  You will recognise our mugs on the front...
http://www.youtube.com/user/russellandchuck

Have a Chuckllll  (or a ChuckRussell..  get it??). Failing that, have a laugh..


Thursday, 28 June 2012

Day 10 - Popiltah Lake to Mildura where we went our separate ways

Camped just off the road near Coombah on the Old Broken Hill Road. We were right next to Popiltah Lake.  Easy drive to Wentworth where we had lunch and finished the trip.  Merry and Chuck went back home and the others all stayed on for a catch up with friends in Mildura.

Awesome trip!  Can't wait for the next one.


Our Camp at Sunrise
Our Camp at Sunrise
Sunrise
Sunrise


Sunrise


Sunrise

Sunrise
Sunrise


Sunrise
Sunrise

Sunrise
Sunrise
Wild Donkeys


The road out - one of the best we drove on!


The road out - one of the best we drove on!








The end of this trip..

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Day 9 - White Cliffs to our final camping spot


Big Driving Day..

Left White Cliffs, and headed to Wilcannia for a look around.  Its sad the state of this town.  Most buildings are boarded up, or closed.

Then we hit the Barrier Highway to Broken Hill, then on south towards Mildura.

Stopped to help a woman change a tyre on the most beaten up Caravan we saw all trip.  She had 4 kids and 2 dogs with her.  And a jack that wasn't high enough to get the wheel on. Lucky Chuck and Russell came to her rescue!

Stopped in off the main road just after Coombah, on Popiltah Lake.  It was the night that Russell and Princess Fiona had been waiting for.  Russell got to get the generator going and test it thoroughly, and the Princess got to use the Thermomix outside!!!  Whipped up some bread, a couple of dips in no time at all.  She was in her element!


Normal state of affairs - Chuck having fun, Russell tinkering again..


White Cliffs - really out of place car outside the pub

White Cliffs

White Cliffs - the hill with the Underground Hotel in it
 
Just out of White Cliffs
White Cliffs



Roadside Emus 
Wilcannia 
Wilcannia

Wilcannia - Aboriginal Hotel. No doors, no windows, or if there are they are boarded up
Hotel from other side

Wilcannia - no shops were open
Wilcannia
Wilcannia
Wilcannia
Wilcannia - Darling River
Wilcannia
Mustering Chopper - we could hear them over the talkback


Broken Hill
Broken Hill

Broken Down.  But never fear, Chuck and Russell are here!

Rescuers

Princess Fiona in her element!

Our last night..  Tuna Bake and fresh bread for dinner!
Flora and Bloom cooking marshmallows!

Russell and Chuck

The campfire and camp oven kings!

Russell loved the tree in the background, so here is the shot..

The fire, the tree, the lovely couple..
Chuck is shaking his head..  aksing what is happening..

Campfire fun

Merry having her own fun, while Russell and Chuck solve the world's problems..