Outback Trip 2002
The following is an account of our two week adventure into the Outback of Australia. When they show the weather on Sydney T.V., the satellite map of the country is colored in shades of green on the edges with a big brown splotch that fills the middle. We were headed for that brown. “We” being myself, Charles, and my childhood friend Amanda who has taken the next couple of months off before she starts vet school in August.
Day One: Young Sheepsheering Tour and Forbes
Day Two: Parks and Dubbo
Day Three: Zoo and Coonabarabran
Day Four: Warrumbungles and Lightning Ridge
Day Eight: Middle of Nowhere
Day Nine: Flinders Ranges and Hawker
Days Ten and Eleven: Broken Hill, Silverton and Hay
Day Twelve: Sheepsheers Hall of Fame and Back to Young
But before we begin, I would like to take this moment to dedicate this portion of the site to Dr. and Dr. Young (Dick and June) for generously lending us their 4wd truck and camper trailer. Without them, we would not have this opportunity to see the country, Charles would not be born and the world would be an empty desolate place. Much like the Outback, only without the stark beauty. Or the kangaroos. And I’m pretty sure there would be fewer pubs.