Finally, a day without driving! Not I that I particularly dislike driving, it was just good to have a little rest day. We haven’t quite adjusted to the time difference yet, because we are going to bed early and waking up early! We had our first bacon and eggs breakfast for the trip! It was rather delectable! We had quite a lazy morning, we played a full game of Threes (A very fun card game!). In the late morning, we went for a 1.5 hour bush walk around the ranges. We saw a few emus, some red kangaroos in the distance, some ferrel goats with kids, and some wild sheep. The wild sheep all had tails and some had wool dangling down to the ground! It was a nice walk, and also an adventure because the map and path was not completely finished yet! In the late afternoon, Dad and Tess went off to do some drawing. They sketched what was left if the old wool shed that was mostly destroyed in a severe storm. The only thing left was the engine room and a six stand shearing machine. We decided that we would have the home cooked meal at the station again tonight, because we still didn’t have any veggies! The meal tonight was a very nice farmhouse chicken casserole. We found out that the station is 1,000,000 acres! The last owner died in 2000 in a plane crash while mustering sheep. However, what actually happens today at the station remains a bit of a mystery, but we think, from what we’ve heard, that there might be some sort of mining going on on the property. After dinner we sat around the communal camp fire and chatted with all the grey nomads. It was a nice and relaxing day.

Mum and Tess relaxing at the caravan. Mum is reading the Castlemaine Mail… Over two thousand kilometres away from home…

The nice reception building at Fraser Range Station!

An emu…

Wild goats.

A road.

Here are the drawings!

Tara