Picking up the van from the service centre we headed out of Broken Hill. We followed the heavy vehicle route as we found this is the easiest (but not always the shortest) way out of town. Leaving at 2pm we decided to head for the next suitable free campspot and test run the fridge on gas.
After 3 day's in Bourke it was time to head off again. Our Route will take us firstly south to Cobar then turn west to Broken Hill which is just shy of the South Australia and New South Wales border.
The time to leave and head south is upon us. We have enjoyed our stay and would consider living here but the call of family and friends is too much, so we are now into the final leg of our Big Lap Around Australia. We did have to delay our departure untill Wednesday due to cyclone Debbie. We were lucky it didn't affect us as it crossed the coast the other side of Bowen from us. It will become more of a problem for us as some of the areas we will pass through will have been affected by the cyclone.
Currently the Cyclone is not predicted to hit anywhere near the Cairns area, instead crossing the coast over the town of Home Hill, about 350 Km south of us. It is expected to be a category 4 and will travel about 300 km inland dumping a huge volume of rain as it goes.