Broken Hill to Cobar

It's a long journey from Broken Hill to Cobar, with not many places to stay except rest areas.  We stop at these for a break such as morning tea and lunch.  We however had morning tea in Wilcannia by the river which is flowing well and a good height.  There is still a caravan park on the east side of the river and we noted that a couple of vans were parked there.  There is lots of open country to see on this journey but it was also interesting to see water lying here and there and the picture below shows a lake that probably is normally dry.  There are lots of flowers by the road and in the fields.  Some unfortunately are weeds, but others are native. ground covers and lots more of the cassia shrubs that we have been seeing in the centre as well.

Below is a picture of the old bridge at Wilcannia.  This used to be a lifting bridge to allow the paddle steamers to pass through. Lately the river has been low or almost dry, but this year it is flowing, and looking good.  It has the brown muddly colour which is normal.

We stopped several times to look at the wildflowers.  There were many places where they looked like snow on the ground.  These may have been a paper daisy, as there were some near the road side.  I would have had to walk into the paddocks to be sure.  I trust that they are not an introduced problem, as there are many of those around too.  The Pattison's Curse is looking lovely beside the road, but we didn't see fields of it in this area.  There is occasionally the Ruby Dock weed, a large moroon red flowering plant that has spread a lot, and is visible here and there.  The birds spread the seed.  We saw a lot of that in the Centre, particularly on the trip into Palm Valley, which is a long way from anywhere.  Sometimes I have trouble with the management of this blog.  I'm writing a story in the caption and it won't let me move on!  We are now in Cobar having spent a night here, with a short visit to Jac's nephew and family last night here in town.  We're about to pack up and park the car and van while we go on a town tour.  We'll then move on a town or two for tonight.