Peak Hill ---- Wednesday

Groan, groan, groan........   We drove for over 7 hours today and I tried hard to be still and silent but it became way too painful.    Consequently, we are the only guests at a sweet motel in Peak Hill.  (There were two cars at Finley last night!)   There are 12 units altogether and they are all decorated like little cottages, with hand painted name plates on the front.    There seem to be more people using caravans that motels.

Perhaps another 7 hours will see us back in Moree tomorrow.  It might be easier to travel that last leg, knowing that our comfortable van awaits us.

I bought 4 mandarins in West Wyalong and ate 2 of them before we left the car park.  They were so beautiful that I sent Steve back for 10 more.   They had 3 pips between the first 4 of them and are very firm but juicy.

Having portable internet is wonderful!   I enjoyed our satellite internet but it was only portable when we were at a place for a length of time.  It took a while to set it up and position the big dish.   Now that we have changed providers (to Bigpond), and have wireless internet, we just have to plug in the lightweight modem and we are in business, providing the mobile phone has service.

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