Way Away in WA 2023 – Day 91

Today is 620km east then north along familar roads but we started the day at Newey Reservoir at Cobar in showery conditions.

Someone found joy in the rain.

Fairy martins were fascinating to watch as they took to the air in synchronised feeding and all returned together.

Fairy martins on the bank.

Glossy ibis and Pacific black ducks

Glossy ibis

Baillon’s crake at the water’s edge

Australasian grebe

The Coots made their usual din….

…the Hardhead kept to itself on the far side of the reservoir…

…and the Black-fronted dotterel was on the move.

Spiny-cheeked honeyeaters were raucous…

…and hungry for nectar.

We stayed at the reservoir too long with the long drive ahead so left town quickly driving past the Great Cobar Museum located in the former offices of the Great Cobar Copper Mine….

…and the famous Cobar sign.

Roadside stop outside Cobar to see daisies…

…bluebells…

… and lots of Apostle birds.

Nyngan is in the Bogan Shire. The 1902 poem “City of Dreadful Thirst” by Australian poet Banjo Paterson makes reference to a “Bogan shower” as a term meaning “three raindrops and some dust” – likely a reference to the dry area around the Bogan River which runs northwest from here to the Barwon River. (source Wikipedia)

The Bogan street signs were continually being stolen (by bogans?) so the Council now sells road signage at the Visitor Information Centre. For $80, you can really make the bar at home a featured talking point.

And yes, the Big Bogan still has rust issues. At least they have given him a trusty hound in Rusty.

The Big Bogan asked if I has seen the dog bowl. I said no, I didn’t know he could.

Last year when we passed through Warren, we found the Big Golf ball on the ground (allegedly attacked by the bogey man). Well, golfers can rejoice as it has been carefully restored to its rightful place. The contractors followed the repair instructions to a T.