We also head down to the river and its when the heavy rains are about and the Darling River is nearing its peak. The Darling River is the 3rd longest river in Australia measuring 1472 km’s and joins up with the Murray River in Wentworth.
The Darling River is the third-longest river in Australia, measuring 1,472 kilometres from its source in northern New South Wales to its confluence with the Murray River at Wentworth. Including its longest contiguous tributaries it is 2,844 km long, making it the longest river system in Australia.
When we visited the information centre in town asking what to see and do in the area, the told us of a little town called Carinda. This town was made famous by the singer David Bowie and his song Lets Dance. So back in 1983 re requisite David Bowie was wanting for the film clip was a dirt road with a pub on the corner and this town had all that. Now of course the dirt road is long gone. Now each year on the October Long Weekend, this town celebrates with the Lets Dance Festival, but unfortunately has been cancelled the last 2 years due to Covid. The pub is the centre of town, has camping for 2 vans, pub meals and the meeting place for the town each day. Phill chats with Simone who is one of the organisers for the festival and tells us a little about it.
We continue our chat with Barry Brebner who tells us about his other book, available to purchase on line “Workers on the Wallaby”, a swag full of short stories. A great book to pick up and read stories of fellow travellers on the road. Whilst Barry and his wife Colleen were travelling Barry also ran seminars at caravan shows, meeting many fellow travellers. If your interested check out the website, read extracts from the book or purchase on line. Barry has had an exciting life, working as an Area Director for the Department of Employment before restructuring, then had a hand in politics before deciding to take on writing books. If you listened to last weeks show he talked about his other book he wrote Workabout Australia which is no longer in publication but available on the internet. We will also be giving 2 books away on the show. https://www.workersonthewallaby.com/
Next stop is the Historical Society and Phill chats with Barbara as she takes us through some of the history in and around Lightning Ridge.
