Lake Pamamaroo – Menindee
They did let us back into The Hill (that’s what us locals call Broken Hill) for my Pfizer jab, and back out again (re previous post). We even braved the supermarket again to pick up a couple of things, and there was hardly a soul in sight; it was the complete opposite from our previous visit.
We did another overnight at our dry creek bed then made our way down to Menindee Lakes. Menindee is 113 kms south-east from The Hill, 55 from our camp, a good day’s drive for us and a destination I had been waiting to get to.
Before leaving home back in May, I told Peter that I’d like to spend a few weeks at Menindee Lakes. I wanted plenty of time to explore all of the lakes in the area. But I was beginning to get a bit worried. Various people we had met had been saying things like, “There’s nothing there.” and “The caravan parks were all closed.” and “We didn’t bother stopping,” etc.
So pleased we didn’t listen.
I guess they were right, there is nothing at Menindee…except this
The caravan parks were closed. Even so, we were able to check out Copi Hollow caravan park from a distance, and it looked like a really nice park, right on the lake’s edge. Then we drove through Menindee Caravan Park until we got ushered out by a disgruntled resident or caretaker, not sure which. This caravan park was like a ghost town. We wouldn’t have stayed there had we been paid to do so. Even though it was in a pretty area it was very spooky, almost post-apocalyptic. All it was missing was a few zombies and we might even have met one of those.
When it’s full, like right now, Lake Pamamaroo covers around 6,700 hectares. And it’s a great spot for travellers. There are no facilities, so you must be self-contained, but there are dozens of well set up camp sites along the eastern side of the lake, some smaller for tents and camper trailers. And many more for the big rigs, and a good number of them have garbage bins, which are regularly emptied. This might seem a strange thing to mention, but when you’re travelling you can accumulate a lot of rubbish and having somewhere to dispose of it is a big thing.
There were about twelve other travellers along the side of the lake, but there was still tons of room, and we found a great spot with nice views to the lake and a short twenty-metre walk to our very own private, sandy, beach. Although there are not as many birds here as I had hoped, there are plenty to keep me shooting.
It didn’t take us long to make this little slice of paradise feel like home. Good job we did, because Covid-19 was going to throw us another curve ball.
See you out there somewhere
On tow and on the go!
So this is what a lockdown can look like when you’re retired. Thanks for keeping all our friends and family up to date Jo.
My pleasure, couldn’t do it without you.
WOW!!!!
Amazing photography
Thanks Lorna. 🙂