Day 3

Night 2 was very chilly in Deniliquin, with the same recorded overnight low of 2.5 C. It was much colder at this caravan park when compared to my previous night! Knowing it was going to be very cold I closed up my swag as much as possible, leaving only a small gap for airflow. This meant it was wet inside when I woke up, but I slept straight through for about 10 hours and was very warm. I moved my swag onto the road and it was dry by the time I finished eating and packing the car.  The heated shower block at the Big4 is certainly a big win!

My frozen swag

I spent a little time in Deniliquin, stopping by the river and the mosaic ute. On my way out of town I quickly stopped at the Pioneer Steam Museum.

Deni - Ute capital of the world

Don't let this fire truck get too close!

I followed the Long Paddock up to Hay where I stopped for lunch and fuel. The Yaris has averaged 6.3L/100km. The Long Paddock gets it's name due to the history in this area of droving live stock to market. I saw wild Emus and had to stop for Cattle which was leisurely crossing the road!

Moo..ve out of the way! 

Hay had a bridge built over the river in 1874 to allow for easier crossing. The bridge was required to open for the passing paddle steamer river trade boats. The type of bridge built was a fairly unique design to Australia, it pivoted on a turntable. This turntable was operated by a manual crank, it must have had some good gear ratio to move all that weight!

The turntable mechanism was kept for historical reasons

From Hay I expressed over to West Wyalong for the night. I was originally considering stopping in Goolgowi, however this is a tiny town without much to see. The town originally formed due to rail freight passing through and when road freight took over the town started to shrink. The road between Hay and Goolgowi is pretty rough ride with a 110 km/h speed limit.

Night 3 was another good night's sleep with an overnight low of 5.4 C. I actually had to take off some clothing in my swag before getting to sleep! With plenty of airflow there was little condensation, making it very easy to dry the swag.

I'm currently in Forbes using 4G internet, on my way to Parkes to see the Radio Telescope. Total distance travelled so far is 892km, about 11% of the trip.