Hello everyone,

Well, we’ll pretend it’s tomorrow morning this time!  More rain and more coming, was told this morning the country is a picture across the Nullarbor and right through to Newcastle. And jenny said to tell you all it’s an absolute picture up on Led napper Nature Reserve near Bourke. Sturts Desert Pea between here and Broken Hill, and around Dry lake (White Cliffs road). In fact the wildflowers are fantastic everywhere.

Please be very careful, although roads are open you don’t have to go off very far in lots of places to get bogged down to the axles. Then you do have to phone a friend!

Now what’s on. We have the Mt. Gipps Station Ram Sale next Friday just north of Broken Hill, for anyone interested. Then you can head back to Silverton for “Arias in the outback” with Brad Cooper at the Silverton Pub on the 17th. where Peter and Patsy will look after you. In fact if you went from the ram sale and ducked out to Menindee you could see the Rugby League Knock Out Carnival on Saturday and still make it to the Silverton Pub by 8 PM.

You will need Sunday to get over all that by poking round the sights of Broken Hill, Visitors Information Centre, a coffee or two, then Monday morning toodle down to Mick and Jo at Tri State Safari’s, they have heaps of tours and one to suit you. If not they’ll make one up for you.

You have to leave the Hill then and head for Ivanhoe or White Cliffs. Ivanhoe are having their Annual Gymkhana and Rodeo on the 24-25th. There’ll be a crowd there and lots of fun. Only drawback will be wet roads!! In such case, you will get all the fun you need at White Cliffs, (bitumen road!), the “Underground Art Festival” is on the 23-25th.

Or,  you can head down to Wentworth, because the big Country Music festival starts on the 23rd. and just keeps going. There’s heaps more on down there too so ask the girls at the V.I.C. and have a ball.

You could be interested in the “2016 Rural Women’s Gathering” featuring “Rock, Rust, Stars and Dust” in Broken Hill on 28-30th. It’s all happening!

Moving on, don’t forget the Nymagee Flower Show on the 10th. October, it will be a flower show everywhere then! And the Broken Hill Rock Festival 19th. November, a bit away but still there.

So, don’t know how you are going to fit all that in but make sure you have fun trying.

Till next week, with I dare say more rain coming,  take care and be good to each other,  Cheers  Bill Elliott,  WCTA.

 

“Always bite off more than you can chew,  and just keep on chewing.”