Day 8 - Back to Merbein

Final morning in Broken Hill after 3 nights. Another sunny day and a cloud-less sky. We had the solar shower all ready for the previous day but the water went cold before we got around to organising a shower. So we boiled some water in the morning and rigged up the shower. I'm very proud of our Racecourse shower. And I think our fellow campers were quite jealous of us (even though they had showers and toilets inside their $300,000 Winebagos).

Formerly the Punters Club Hut - but now the Koops' Shower Hut

Inside the Shower Hut
(of course we moved the chair and TV out of the way)

The next town (260kms south) after leaving Broken Hill is Wentworth which is on the NSW side of the Murray River and where the Darling and Murray Rivers come together. There are some fascinating sand hills just outside Wentworth - a lovely spot to stop for an afternoon coffee.

The Perry Sand Hills at Wentworth NSW

We all enjoyed some excersize after several hours driving



Princess just loved running up the hills



Spike finally made it up the hill but was absolutely buggered



Ruby, this one's  for you. Check out Spike's ears in the breeze!

 We looked for the meeting point of the Murray and Darling Rivers, but due to recent flooding the road was closed. We walked through the area and took this photo of the Wentworth picnic grounds.

We decided to go back to Merbein (near Mildura) again. We were able to set up camp on the same site that we were on a few days earlier. A few of the same people were still there and our previous neighbours had just left that morning. It really is a lovely spot. I couldn't help myself and took some more photos of the Murray at dusk.

The view up river from our camp site at Merbein

From Merbein, we have come back home to Talbot for a quick pit stop. We need to add a few things and get rid of a few things so we'll be just right for the big trip!