Today we weren't in a hurry and there was water available so, wonder of wonders, we had a shower for the second day in a row. Not that we are dirty as we wash every day and shower every second or third day. So showers then a minor repair as one of the hose clamps had came undone then dump and water and off we went.

First a little cruise around town, I had done a little bit of exploring before breakfast and wanted to show Elaine what I found. This is only a small town but appears quite active. There was a very nice modern looking school run by one of the Christian groups call CAPS (Christian Aboriginal Parent-Directed School) with very nice buildings including a really nice old convent building. Next to the convent was what I beleive to be a very old tin Schule, I will follow up when we get home. There are in fact a lot of nice well preserved old buildings here. Then off to the cemetery where with information from the visitor centre and the shire office we were able to locate the grave of one of my ancestors. Mums grandparents came here at the end on the 19th century, during the goldrush as something to do with the courts, I think. As was not uncommon in those days they had a daughter who died at 3 days old with typhoid. We located the grave, wrote on the headstone and said the mourners prayer for her.

Then back into town where we met up with a couple whom we met on our way north earlier this year. We spent a pleasant hour or so catching up then we went west and they went east. On our way we stopped at a memorial to the 3 truckies who died in a bushfire at Bodallin about 8 years ago. It was very nice and included a lot of detail.

Tonight we are camped at the Bodallin 24 hr rest area which is a nice big area in the bush and we have about 7 neighbours.