When we left at 9.30am the sun was finally shining. We stopped at Wagga for lunch at the "Pig and Pastry" in the old mill buildings.
A cuppa stop at Darlington Point gave us a chance to check out a possible campspot along the river there (just out of town past the Recreation Reserve) .
We stopped briefly at Jugiong for cheap fuel ($125.9 / litre for diesel) before heading on towards a brown smudge on the horizon. Grey skies also showed ahead and it wasn't long before we hit a dust storm, then high winds driving heavy rain. At one stage there were thousands of rolling "grass seeds" about 20cm in diameter which looked like translucent rolling spheres all travelling across the road driven by the wind in the same direction. It was like seeing an army of fantasy creatures invading. Especially when coupled with the sudden spooky darkness of the day that went with it. Trevor did a wonderful job of driving on through this in difficult circumstances as both visibility and ability to easily stay on the road were compromised.
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| One of the strange fantasy grass seed warriors |
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