THE SECOND DAY – SATURDAY 10 JULY
Graeme had woken up and realized there was a lovely sunrise. So I got up and had to take some photos. He wasn’t wrong. It was an amazing sunrise over the Murray. The colours were almost red and pinks – truly spectacular. We left at 9.30 after a breakfast of bacon and eggs. While driving up north on the Newel Highway we saw flocks of budgies and other birds. The terrain is very flat and is ideal for the rice they grow there. In Jerilderie we saw a big windmill called “Steelwings” which was made in the 1900’s, is one of only two of its kind in the world. In Marundah we discovered a couple of metal sculptures. One was of a kangaroo – very cute and the other was of a full size horse and rider. The horse and rider was absolutely amazing. It was made up of hundreds of old tools and bits and pieces and made perfectly to scale. We stopped at Narrandera Wetlands and had lunch. In West Wyalong we saw a plane – Douglas DC3 Dakota which was built in 1943 in Oklahoma city. We stopped for the night at Marsden wayside stop.