Now I know what the back of Bourke looks like. Its flat and has some sort of rough grass growing on it so thick it looks like wheat paddocks, by the mile. Always wanted to know what was back of Bourke. Its a place we all heard about growing up and at last I have seen it.
Today's animal collection was kangaroos, goats, pigs, sheep, cattle, emus. We have seen more emus in the last three days than we have seen in our lives before this week. This area must be emu heaven. We passed groups of 10 or more and family groups and individuals strutting their stuff along the fence lines. Sadly we passed far too many of them saying their prayers in groups with pigs and kangaroos on the road!
On arrival in Bourke we stopped at the Back O Bourke information place and found out that there was a particularly good tour of the agricultural sights of the district leaving straight after lunch. Himself went and I rested.
On the tour he discovered that the late great Fred Hollows is buried in the Bourke cemetery. Apparently he liked the area so much he asked to be buried here.
They grow all sorts of things in the Bourke district. There was a thriving citrus industry but it is in trouble as the irrigation water needed to sustain it has been withdrawn to be used elsewhere in the Darling River system. Cotton is another big crop here but it too is beginning to feel the lack of water. Part of the tour included a tour of a cotton gin which Himself has been wanting to see for quite some time. Today's tour was the last for this year so he really was a lucky lad. He came home with shopping bags full of oranges, mandarins and limes.
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