We stop just shy of the border (by about 1km) at the Bush Tucker Inn, Barringun for a coffee mid morning.
After wandering a outside being followed by two resident sheep - we end up back sitting inside in their little lounge area watching the Campbell sisters swimming their semi-finals of 100m on television.
This roadhouse and the Tattersalls Inn (local pub) are pretty much all there is left of Barringun these days.
Before federation of the Australian states it would have been a busy, and important stopover where a customs house would have existed to charge the customs duties that were charged by each of the states for transfer of goods etc over the border.
By lunch time we are in Cunnamulla - and have a great Rissoles, veg, chips and gravy pub lunch in a dicey local pub. The food was really very good and they were quite friendly.
As we have previously been to Cunnamulla and stayed a couple of days checking out the place (on a previous trip in outback Qld) we decided to travel on further east to the little town of Bollon.
Here there is a great little free camp - with toilets and hot shower, along the banks of Wallam Creek 5min walking distance to the little village of Bollon.
We had been recommended to try this free camp on a previous trip, by travellers we had met, and it rates very highly in Wikki Camps.
We were not disappointed --- and we were not alone in this camp site. We share the night with about 15 other campers - but we were all spread out pretty well along the banks of the pretty little Wallam Creek.
Having now done 5000km since the ute was serviced (just before leaving home on this trip) - Moores wants to get an oil change done. She is a bit fastidious about these oil changes being done every 5000km.
So we book it in for tomorrow morning at 9am - deciding that we will go have breakfast at "Debs Cafe".
Since we are spending up big in the town we elect to leave only a small donation in the honesty box for our overnight camp.
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