Cobar - Day 89

Mackenzie : On the way to Cobar we saw so many goats, they were all different colors.  We saw a fox run across the road and a kangaroo jumped out and went in front of our car so dad stopped the car really fast.  Cobar is a big town, we went to the shops and had a look around and got some food at the supermarket and went back we didn't have to cook because we had leftovers.

Fletcher : Today we left Broken Hill to Cobar.  On the way to Cobar we saw emus, goats, foxes and kangaroos.  After we set up the van we went into town and we saw a giant beer can and saw a big pub.  We bought some stuff at the shops and came back to the van.

Today was another day of driving, I don't know how Dan does it, he has driven the whole trip except about half an hour I did without the van attached, look out Melbourne when I get back I will be out of practice.  He takes the van wherever he wants to go, many times against my wishes!, but he gets us out of any spot, not always without him having a tantrum but he does so well.  Today was no different, 1st occasion was his coffee stop at a hungry jacks that the only way out was a tiny back laneway, I watched a Ford Territory make it look difficult so I thought we were trapped but no Dan somehow swings the car and van into the lane without taking the sides out on the concrete poles.  And then again this afternoon, the kangaroos were out early as it was very overcast and about 3.30 I see a roo stand up and jump at us, I say roo, he reacts and has braked to a slow speed from nearly 100 without as much as the book coming off the dash. We watch the roo jump across, it was a near miss and the kids were horrified that the roo didn't look properly,  the roo didn't care but we did, he was big and would have done some damage.  By the time we got to Cobar we had seen so many goats it wasn't funny, all shapes, sizes and colors, eating along the roadside but seemed very aware which way to go when a car or truck came, Mr Roo could learn a thing or two from his mate goat.  Dan hadn't been to Cobar, this doesn't happen very often so it was a learning experience for all of us.  Fletcher has taken to reading the tourist guides from front to back and reciting important information about the town for us to see so this is coming in handy.  We walked around Cobar after getting set up, it is such a lovely town and the people are so friendly and welcoming, it has a big Tooheys beer can and Australia's longest pub verandah - now there's a claim to fame!  Oops Dan is saying it is something to be proud of as there is so many pubs in Australia.  We have actually seen so many beautiful old pubs along the way with the iron lace work on the verandahs and the wide timber boards on the floor, we counted 4 pubs in Cobar, an RSL and a golf club so no shortage of watering holes in town. 

                                                       Australia's longest verandah

                                              an old building, still a butchers in one part

                                                                    The big beer can