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| OUR BIG TRIP MARY & OLI GOING AROUND AUSTRALIA |
MELBOURNE TO BROKEN HILL - Page 5
23 June 2007, Saturday
The next stop after the Lakes was the Kinchega National Park. Most of the roads are still closed due to recent rain. By the
way the Broken Hill area has received already more than its annual average of rain and that only in the last couple of month.
So we could only drive to the historic Woolshed. This is the largest Woolshed in the Western NSW area and has seen 6
Million sheep being sheared in about 100 years from the 1870's to almost 1970. Below are some pictures from the Woolshed.
24 June 2007, Sunday
We did get up to Tibooburra and stayed at the Caravan Park. Booked in for two nights because we thought that the local
hero could help us sort out the reoccurring 19V issue with the alternator. Being hopeful we spend the night at the Tibooburra
Hotel and had dinner.
25 June 2007, Monday
The weather here is much better than in Broken Hill, warmer !!! After getting up we visited Wally - the local guy who is not
qualified but helps people with car problems. After explaining our odyssey of the alternator he suggested the thing we
should have done all along. Go back to Broken Hill and have it checked out and put the old alternator back in. Well, our
motivation was at freezing point at this time. Going back to the cold city and probably driving without alternator for the next
330 km's. So we packed up immediately cancelled the second night and started our way back to Broken Hill. We already had
to drive the last 150 km's up to Tibooburra without alternator. Being hopeful again that it might take at least 150 km's before it
happens again we started our way. After 50 km's we had 19V back, as usual. So we drove the next 150 km's without it and
charged the battery in idle during a stop at Packsaddle Roadhouse. After only 10 minutes charging the 19V was back and
that was the last in final nail in the coffin for the ZJ alternator. My mind was made up - that thing has to leave the car and never
gets back into it. We made it to Broken Hill and unfortunately did not get an appointment at Western Auto until Wednesday.
That means another 3 days in Broken Hill and the weather was not very friendly with us - lots of wind and cold.
26 June 2007, Tuesday
Did nothing but scanning a few documents again and do some laundry and mainly waiting...
23 June 2007, Saturday
The next stop after the Lakes was the Kinchega National Park. Most of the roads are still closed due to recent rain. By the
way the Broken Hill area has received already more than its annual average of rain and that only in the last couple of month.
So we could only drive to the historic Woolshed. This is the largest Woolshed in the Western NSW area and has seen 6
Million sheep being sheared in about 100 years from the 1870's to almost 1970. Below are some pictures from the Woolshed.
24 June 2007, Sunday
We did get up to Tibooburra and stayed at the Caravan Park. Booked in for two nights because we thought that the local
hero could help us sort out the reoccurring 19V issue with the alternator. Being hopeful we spend the night at the Tibooburra
Hotel and had dinner.
25 June 2007, Monday
The weather here is much better than in Broken Hill, warmer !!! After getting up we visited Wally - the local guy who is not
qualified but helps people with car problems. After explaining our odyssey of the alternator he suggested the thing we
should have done all along. Go back to Broken Hill and have it checked out and put the old alternator back in. Well, our
motivation was at freezing point at this time. Going back to the cold city and probably driving without alternator for the next
330 km's. So we packed up immediately cancelled the second night and started our way back to Broken Hill. We already had
to drive the last 150 km's up to Tibooburra without alternator. Being hopeful again that it might take at least 150 km's before it
happens again we started our way. After 50 km's we had 19V back, as usual. So we drove the next 150 km's without it and
charged the battery in idle during a stop at Packsaddle Roadhouse. After only 10 minutes charging the 19V was back and
that was the last in final nail in the coffin for the ZJ alternator. My mind was made up - that thing has to leave the car and never
gets back into it. We made it to Broken Hill and unfortunately did not get an appointment at Western Auto until Wednesday.
That means another 3 days in Broken Hill and the weather was not very friendly with us - lots of wind and cold.
26 June 2007, Tuesday
Did nothing but scanning a few documents again and do some laundry and mainly waiting...
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The Woolshed from the outside,
only one half of it remains. The
western half was demolished but
nobody knows when. The only
proof they have is that it was
before the 1920's.
only one half of it remains. The
western half was demolished but
nobody knows when. The only
proof they have is that it was
before the 1920's.
The "board" which is the area where the sheep were
sheared and than released back to the outside for
counting, so that the shearer could be paid accordingly.
sheared and than released back to the outside for
counting, so that the shearer could be paid accordingly.
The maintenance room next to the engine room. This
shed has seen everything from steam engines to
electric power driven machinery. This was where the
blades were sharpened.
shed has seen everything from steam engines to
electric power driven machinery. This was where the
blades were sharpened.
Mary in front of the "Dust Flocker".
Oli in front of the wool press which was used to pack
the wool tightly for shipping.
the wool tightly for shipping.
Only says passenger buggy on it. Just imagine using
this on the outback gravel roads.
this on the outback gravel roads.
This machine removed the dust from the wool - "Dust
Flocker". It was used during the 1930's and 40's when
the drought caused a lot of dust storms which
obviously made the wool quite dirty,
Flocker". It was used during the 1930's and 40's when
the drought caused a lot of dust storms which
obviously made the wool quite dirty,
Some of those are handraised around the National Park
and are re-introduced into the wild. This one might not
have been one because it was not really used to
humans.
and are re-introduced into the wild. This one might not
have been one because it was not really used to
humans.