FRIDAY 29.07.2016: Question, why does a 120km drive take 5 hours to complete - answer, when you stop at the Lightning Ridge Information Centre so that Carole can have a fossick in their just replenished mullock heaps! Finally extracted the digger from the hill and set sail for the Collarenebri Primitive Camp Ground. Originally spelt "Collarindabri", Collarenebri is located near a shallow rocky ford on the Barwon River, which provided a hard bottomed shallow river crossing for stock and pioneering travellers. In 1860 William Earl settled near the Collarenebri crossing and established "The Squatters Arms" to capitalise on the increasing traffic through the area. Earl and his pub later became famous for having been held up by bushranger Captain Thunderbolt. The camp turned out to be anything but primitive - allocated parking areas, garbage bins, showers and toilets.
I still say My form of fossicking is much more productive.
ReplyDeleteOur form of fossicking is much less expensive!
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