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Monday, June 16, 2014

Our first gold prospecting trip to Tibooburra with friends-May 2014

We brought new akubra hats and Dave got his whip fixed

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tibooburra map

Aboriginal bush camp where we stayed.

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Wishful thinking by us. This is the  collection another camper got the 1st  week  they were in Tibooburra.

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We visited Broken Hill on our way up and our way back. We stayed at the Race course.

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Dead Horse Gully National Park camping area, strictly no pets. $7 registration fee plus $5 for adults and $3 per child for camping  fees.

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Fowlers Creek. A great free camping site with no facility's, we just happen to stumble across this one. 140km north of Broken Hill on the Tibooburra rd..

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Some art work Howard Steer done for us while we were in Tibooburra.

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Jamestown we stopped for a break and toilet stop.

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Milparinka a ghost town with plenty of history. The town comes alive when the local gymkhana is on people come from far and wide. We found the town a little spooky on sunset.

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Took some pictures on the way home.

So many cockatoos  in one place.

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A prostitute final resting place with Green lake in the distance. Eliza Kennedy age of 32yrs.

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A last minute shot, it turned out well.

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The pets travel well.

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Not so lucky for this Volvo driver.

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We saw this old shearing shed and thought it was worth stopping for.

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Packsaddle they sell great burgers. They also have lots of history in their roadhouse.

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Prospecting around Tibooburra. This is what we found, but we had fun trying.

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Some beautiful scenery.

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David in his metal detecting gear.

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And some old wrecks.

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Stuart's station we got permission to go there and paid a $10 prospecting fee and $5 camping fee. With plenty of fauna. We camped by the dam and wow we had grass.

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Photos around Tibooburra.

The local buildings .

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Paintings at the local pub.

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A group of 4x4 drivers coming in for the night.

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Some locals.

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We went back to WAKA Station to visit Bodie, Racheal, Ethan and Edward. We also took more photos.

These photos were taken on our way there. Waka station is on the way to Cameron’s Corner.

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The old thatched wool shed.

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The old homestead

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The old shearing shed, meat safe and shearer’s quarters.

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