5.1 degree min in our camper though BOM said it was 2 degrees min so we are glad to have our heater and no need to rush outside.
Packed up and headed off under the blue sky and cold breeze. We followed the track around the hill. Spotted two vans on top of the hill then further along another two vans, a truck with water pods and an excavator - not something you should see on pending ground.
Rick rang so we sat for a while chatting with him. He is in Broken Hill and heading to Tiboburra to try his luck there with the detector. We had found a few bits when we went through there a few years back. I took photos of the maps from Doug Stone’s book so he could get his bearings. He had terrible 80k/h winds at Port Augusta and then went through the dust storm that had gone over Sth Aust but otherwise the trip has been good so far.
We drove into the camp area to apologise for parking nearby while we chatted to Rick in case they were wondering what we were up to. Steve chatted with a couple from near Eidsvold, Qld (Steve’s birth town). They are in partnership with a couple of chaps from Esperance and have this pending lease. They said it should be coming live hence they had the machinery ready to go.
We headed off their lease and onto the open Crown land that has no leases and followed the fence line south. It would lead down to the area we were on before on Killara Station. We went through a creek and saw some dig holes so pulled in. After a cuppa we went wandering. The breeze is still cold but it is ok in the sun. The only good thing about the cold weather is it keeps the flies in hiding.
Steve got a bit further over so after wandering for nothing I headed towards where he had been and got a bit near his. Nice of him to leave me one!! Then I got another nice signal and it was a big lead shot!!
A willy willy zoomed through but just missed me.
Back to the camper for lunch. I stayed in the camper reading and Steve took the 6000 for a wander.
He returned at cuppa time with a nice single crystal. The camper got to 20 degrees though it feels colder outside.
We drove down to where he found them and set up for the night.
A band of cloud is in the west - there is rain forecast in a couple of days. We made the most of the clear sky and got a fire going for drinks as the sun dropped behind the trees.
We are up on a rise so can just see the Hole in the Rock. I see on my map it is called Tunnel Hill.
Spotted a couple of satellites and cooked dinner outside but ate inside as the food goes cold too quickly.
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