Wednesday August 25

We awoke early and got the car ready before heading off to breakfast. We loaded the cupcakes and said goodbye to our wonderful hosts and headed to breakfast.
We were able to travel on the dirt sections today as the roads had dried out sufficiently. The road surfaces were quite changeable from gravel to sand to black soil. Concentration was needed today as the roads were quite a challenge.
Walgett was our lunch stop where we were inundated with children as soon as we drove through the school gates. There was no official gathering so we had lunch, fueled up and headed out of town. Super Hubert ,our skinny magician stayed to do a show as he usually does each time we go to a school. The roads in the afternoon were deeply rutted and often narrow making the driving difficult. Out in the middle of no where we were greeted by a group of children and parents who have long distance education. They were very excited to have all the cars go by. Most cars had hand outs of toys, lollies etc. The kids had buckets of water set up to wash our car lights or windscreens! They also had cans of drinks to hand out! One of the Bash cars had a jumping castle packed in their luggage and so they set it up right there on the side of the road for the kids to play in! It was with much relief after more dirt and ruts that we finally got onto the tar and stopped for a well earned party stop.
It was dark when we got into Moree and headed for our accommodation then back into town for dinner with a mexican theme.