Sunday, May 15, 2016

Day 6: Mon 16 May - Bourke, 11-25deg, fine & warm with scattered high clouds

Early to bed and early to rise makes us healthy, wealthy and wise, or something. Up early as usual and after a quick caffeine fix off we went on our walk to wake us up and try to capture those early morning photo-gems you can't get with full sun. Alas, photography was not as good as the sun was hidden by early cloud.  

A leisurely breakfast followed by some grocery shopping (no Woolies out here, Supa IGA only) was next on the agenda. It was then onto the bikes for a tour de Bourke, 28km all up. We went to the Back O' Bourke but there was nothing there so we rode back home for lunch and an LLD. It was interesting, really!  Just a short afternoon ride took in one of the local cotton gins (can you still call them that?) and an interesting cemetery. Fred Hollows lies at rest there, what an amazing man he was. 

Dinner tonight was Chinese at the Bowls Club. It was very nice too, the seafood special was clean and fresh; and the sweet & sour pork was delicious, no prizes for guessing who had what. A full, enjoyable day in Bourke.


Bourke

Bourke Post Offcie

The sad side of Bourke

St Ignatius Parish School

a beautifully restored Crossley 125BHP engine

Bourke

Bourke

Bourke


North Bridge


Back o'Bourke

Shingleback blue-tongue lizard

The Jandra, a paddle wheel vessel


One of the cotton storage areas at Bourke



Fred Hollows' grave



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