Mothers Day in Bourke

After leaving Burren Junction where we enjoyed the Bolar Beef Roast in the new invention, we arrived in Walgett.  We bought petrol there and enjoyed a morning tea spot, we continued onto Four Mile Creek just  out of Brewarrina where we had lunch by the creek and then drove back into town to the Muddy Waters coffee shop wherewe had coffee and milkshakes and rhen arrived in Bourke and booked in to the Kidman Camp caravan park - a very nice park with all facilities.
That night we joined some of the other campers and had a lovely bbq and were entertained with some bush poetry and heaps of lovely fresh pikelets with jam and cream.
Next day we went into "town" - most of the shops were baracaded and the only shop open was the IGA, we bought a couple of groceries and then found Tito's coffee shop open in another street and enjoyed some freshly made sandwiches and drinks.  We couldn't find any LPG stations open, but the depot will be open on Monday as we are leaving.  We drove out to the Darling River Weir to see where the paddle boats used to ply their trade many years ago, and we could see where the recent floods had been. There were small fish scattered around the rocks, they must have been left there by the flooding river. The goods wharf had been replaced with a replica to show how high the river would come up for the trading boats.
Sunday,Mothers Day, started off a bit cloudy, but the sun soon came through - I had a phone call from Jenny and she had given Rick a card to give me ( with some money to buy myself a gift on the trip).  I cooked a roast bolar of beef and some vegetables in the frypan and we enjoyed a lovely roast lunch for Mothers Day. I rang my Mum at Greg's place where she was having lunch with his family and Keith - Greg was then taking her to Barry's and he was going to drive her home again.  Rick rang his Mum, she was going to Emily's with Tina and the family.
We are leaving in the morning for Cunnumulla Qld., and staying overnight in a "free camp".