Hello from the great camp kitchen at Peterborough caravan park. Another day where the best laid plans were sabotaged by the weather. We were all packed up last night and were sleeping in the swag for a quick getaway this morning albeit not up the closed Strezlecki but back down to Peterborough and up the Barrier Highway to Broken Hill. About 530am we were awakened by a light pitter patter of rain that stopped. Then at 6 o'clock more serious rain. We dragged the swag under the hastily erected awning on the car but too late the damage was done, wet canvas and a bit of a water on the mattress. We staggered over to the kitchen area fired up the lappys and had an early morning coffee. The weather radar showed the rain would clear. Decision - go to the Quandong Cafe for breakfast which we did after the sun came out and we had hung wet items to dry.
I am a bit dismayed about the attitude of some fellow holidaymakers such as those overheard complaining this morning. Here we are on the edge of the outback in a tiny town (Copley) that has a great caravan park, a pub that does great bargain special meal nights, a bakery that bakes fresh pies each day, an excellent mechanic and a hardware/camping/general store/post office/takeaway open 5 days ohh and a blacksmith! and all people do is whinge! Anyway I am not going to whinge :-).
The trip down here was uneventful and after a quick food shop we set up the swag. Peterborough looks to have a bit to hold our interest so we might dally a couple of days. It is jolly cold though!
Cheers all
Simon
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