We headed towards Peterborough.

Camped opposite the Rail Museum.

This is a luxury rail carriage.

The piano is at the other end.

I didn't know such things existed.

Not often we enjoy guided tours. This was an exception.

Follow the Darling from Wilcannia to Bourke.

The temperatures have been a bit high recently.

We are keen to get home.

So an afternoon and night at Tilpa Weir.

The air temperature rose above 45 deg C.

That's some techno babble for "hot".

The cab aircon hardly makes any difference.

The cattle arrived to join the birds drinking.

Cool enough for us to sleep.

During the day we had resorted to knotted handkerchiefs soaked in water, in some bizarre parody of a visit to Blackpool beach.

But it worked well to keep us moderately sane in the very low humidity.

.... on a cooler day.

We are on the north side of the river. There is camping on the south side.

Sometimes gps coordinates for campsites near rivers send us on wild goose chases.

An early start and a very long day to reach home.

And the air conditioning - first time I can recall running it in February.